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Type: Article
Published: 2014-08-29
Page range: 146–154
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Three New Species from Gunung Kanthan, a Limestone Tower Karst in Perak, Malaysia

Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Gymnostachyum kanthanense Meiogyne kanthanensis Vatica kanthanensis Gunung Kanthan limestone new species

Abstract

Three new species, Gymnostachyum kanthanense Kiew (Acanthaceae), Meiogyne kanthanensis Ummul-Nazrah & J.P.C. Tan (Annonaceae) and Vatica kanthanensis Saw (Dipterocarpaceae), from Gunung Kanthan, Perak, are described and illustrated. All three are Critically Endangered CR B2ab (iii, iv), D1 being known from very small, restricted populations at the type locality. Gunung Kanthan is currently being quarried for cement on a large scale, which if it continues threatened all three species with extinction.