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Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-21
Page range: 71–78
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Rediscovery of Thismia neptunis (Thismiaceae) after 151 years

Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Genetic Resources for Vegetables, Medicinal and Special Plants, Crop Research Institute
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
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Abstract

Thismia neptunis, as many of its congeners, is a poorly understood species that has only been known from the type collection and its limited original description. In January 2017 it was rediscovered in the type area in the Gunung Matang massif, western Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. The paper provides the amended description and drawings of the species, very first available photographs and short notes on taxonomy and historical context of Beccari’s work on Thismia.