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Issue: Vol. 253 No. 3: 29 March 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.253.3.4
Page range: 207–213
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Rafflesia parvimaculata (Rafflesiaceae), a new species of Rafflesia from Peninsular Malaysia

Department of Biology, Faculty of Math and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau, Kampus Bina Widya Panam, Jl. Pekanbaru-Bangkinang Km, 12,5, Pekanbaru, Riau, INDONESIA
Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Faculty of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin Terengganu, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, MALAYSIA. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, AB24 3UU, Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, AB24 3UU, Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.
Rafflesia Pahang numerous warts white ramenta Eudicots

Abstract

The new species Rafflesia parvimaculata is described from Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. This species is characterized by its numerous small white warts on the perigone lobes, and also by its slender, unbranched, capitate ramenta that are white in color and densely arranged inside the floral perigone tube. These unique characters distinguish R. parvimaculata from other Rafflesia species. The discovery of this new species brings the total number of Rafflesia species described from Peninsular Malaysia to five

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