TWENTY NEW TAXA DESCRIBED IN HOMALOMEIVA SINCE 2O11

• Main Authors: Wong, Sin Yeng, Hoe, Yin Chen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: QK Botany
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41406/1/Twenty%20new%20taxa%20described%20in%20Homalomena%20since%202011%20-%20%5BResearch%20Update%20UNIMAS%2010%281%29%2011%5D%20-%20Wong%20%26%20Hoe%202014-2.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41406/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Fieldwork on Borneo continues to reveal additional taxonomically novel Homalomena species. Twenty novel species were described for the genus Homalomena from 2071 to 20\4. Amongst these are three new species of Homalomena, each restricted to one of the richest ecological habitats on Borneo- lowland forest over shales. Homalomena cowleyae Boyce & Wong, is restricted to Setap Shales in Brunei and across the Sarawak border in Limbang. Plants occur as scattered individuals or in small groups, and are decidedly uncommon. Homalomena imitator Boyce & Wong is so far known only from Sebabai, Kapit, Sarawak, where it is scattered, although not notably rare. Homalomena mutans Boyce & Wong occurs only from forest remnants in the environs of Kapit town. Extensive fieldwork in the greater surrounding area as far as Batang Balleh to the east and Pelagus to the north has faiied to locate further populations of this species, although one of its associated species,