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Fieldwork in Sarawak continues to reveal further novelties in the genus Schismatoglottis Zoll. & Moritzi, notably in the Asperata and Multiflora Groups (sensu Hay & Yuzammi, 2000). The second author collected a new Schismatoglottis species in Sarawak belonging to the Multiflora Group. This is here described and illustrated and included in additions to the key to Bornean Schismatoglottis published by Hay & Yuzammi (2000).

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A taxonomic account of the palm genus Livistona is presented. Thirtysix species are recognised. Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes are applied to a number of species. Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.) Mart. is treated as a highly variable species, with L. rotundifolia var. luzonensis Becc., L. rotundifolia var. microcarpa (Becc.) Becc., L. rotundifolia var. mindorensis (Becc.) Becc. and L. robinsoniana Becc. placed as synonyms; L. fengkaiensis X.W.Wei & M.Y. Xiao is placed under L. speciosa Kurz; Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa (Hassk.) Becc. is placed under L. chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart.; Livistona tonkinensis Magalon is placed under L. saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev.; and Livistona kimberleyana A.N.Rodd is placed under L. lorophylla Becc. A neotype is proposed for L. saribus, and lectotypes are chosen for L. altissima Zoll., L. beccariana Burret, L. hoogendorpii Hort. ex Teysm. & Binn. ex Miq., L. olivaeformis (Hassk.) Mart., L. subglobosa (Hassk.) Mart., L. tonkinensis Magalon, L. woodfordii Ridl., and Chamaerops biroo Siebold.

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The Asian species of Lepidopilum (Brid.) Brid. are reviewed. Hitherto, L. novae-guineae E.B. Bartram is the only remaining Asian species in the predominantly neotropical genus. However, examination of the type specimen of this taxon proves it to be a synonym of Dimorphocladon borneense Dixon.

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Seven new species are described from Sarawak, Borneo: two, Begonia payung S.Julia & Kiew and B. sarangica Kiew & S.Julia, are endemic to Bukit Sarang in Ulu Sungai Kakus, Tatau District; and five, B. juliasangii Kiew, B. meriraiensis S.Julia & Kiew, B. nagaensis Kiew & S.Julia, B. piring Kiew & S.Julia and B. rhodochaeta S.Julia & Kiew, are endemic in the Ulu Merirai area in the Tatau District.

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While revising the genus Habenaria Willd. for the Flora of Thailand the first author of this paper came across herbarium material of an unusual terrestrial orchid from Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand with small Liliaceae-like flowers. A subsequent search revealed that the same plant had been noted by Kerr (1969) in Laos and was later illustrated by Seidenfaden (1992: 70). A third collection, also in central Thailand, was made by the second and third authors of this paper. As the plant does not match any currently known species it is here described as new. 

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A new combination of Etlingera fenzlii (Kurz) Škorničk. & M. Sabu (Zingiberaceae) based on the basionym, Amomum fenzlii Kurz, is proposed. Recent exploration on Great Nicobar Island resulted in the collection of this endemic species. An amended description with a colour plate is provided and a lectotype is designated.

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This paper gives an overview of the genus Eugenia, with an emphasis on species found in the Philippines. In particular, the generic segregate Jossinia, adopted by Merrill for those species, is re-evaluated in the light of more recent research. This research does not support inclusion of species from the Asia-Pacific region in a segregate genus. Consequently, the Philippines species are here assigned to Eugenia and two new names, Eugenia uminganensis and E. inaequisepala, are proposed.

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Rhododendron sojolense Argent (Ericaceae) is described as a new species of subgenus Vireya section Euvireya from Mt. Sojol on the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Comparisons with related species are made.

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A further five species and two subspecies of Syzygium, and one subspecies of Tristaniopsis (Myrtaceae) are described as a precursor to the account of the family in the Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Shorea contorta Vidal is here recorded form Borneo for the first time.

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A new Philippine species of Rafflesia from the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of northeastern Luzon is described. Rafflesia aurantia is the ninth presumed endemic species thus far described from the Philippines, and the fifth reported from the island of Luzon. This species is apparently allied to R. tengku-adlinii of Sabah - both are small-sized and their overall color is similar. Biogeographical considerations and the morphological differences between our new species and R. tengku–adlinii, however, strongly support the recognition of two distinct evolutionary lineages/species. The conservation status of the fast disappearing lowland dipterocarp forests in northeastern Luzon, particularly the type locality in the Quirino Protected Landscape (QPL) is also discussed and suggests that the new species may be highly threatened.

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Seven new Begonia species are described from northern and western Sumatra: Begonia gracilicyma Irmsch. ex M.Hughes (unplaced to section), Begonia laruei M.Hughes (sect. Petermannia), Begonia multijugata M.Hughes (sect. Petermannia), Begonia pasamanensis M.Hughes (sect. Reichenheimea), Begonia puspitae Ardi (sect. Reichenheimea), Begonia tuberculosa Girmansyah (sect. Platycentrum) and Begonia verecunda M.Hughes (sect. Bracteibegonia). The conservation status of each species is assessed.

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Geodorum citrinum Jacks. is a new record for the orchid flora of Vietnam.

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A new moss species collected from Peninsular Malaysia, Fissidens benitotanii Z.Iwats., K.-T.Yong & Tad.Suzuki is described. The species belongs to subgenus Fissidens section Fissidens. Most of the members in sect. Fissidens have smooth laminal cells, except for a few species, which included this newly described species, possess unipapillose laminal cells. Fissidens benitotanii is easily distinguished from other Fissidens species in the region by the following characteristics: narrowly lanceolate leaves with shortly excurrent costa, thin limbidia that disappear near leaf apex, and unipapillose laminal cells with distinctive sharp papilla.

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Podostemaceae is an ecologically and morphologically unusual aquatic plant family. By examination of new collections from Thailand, we describe seven species, two of which are new species assigned to Terniopsis of Tristichoideae (T. chanthaburiensis, T. minor), four are new species assigned to Hydrobryum and Polypleurum of Podostemoideae (H. phetchabunense, P. insulare, P. prachinburiense, P. sisaketense), and one is Zeylanidium lichenoides rediscovered. In total, two subfamilies, 10 genera, and 42 species with four varieties occur in Thailand. A key to all the species is provided.

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During a botanical expedition in 2007 to the Gunung Tera area in Kelantan, NE Peninsular Malaysia, three new species of Gesneriaceae were discovered: Henckelia kelantanensis Kiew, H. pauziana Kiew, and Ridleyandra kelantanensis Kiew.

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A review of the genus Plocoglottis in Thailand is presented. Five species are recognised. Four of them, P. javanica, P. lowii, P. quadrifolia and P. gigantea, are widespread in Malesia and have their northernmost limit of distribution in Peninsular Thailand, and P. javanica is also known in Vietnam. The fifth, P. bokorensis is also found in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and is in Thailand known from a few widely scattered localities in the central, eastern, southeastern, southwestern and northern regions.

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A new Nepenthes species, N. pitopangii, from Sulawesi Tengah, is described.

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Gardenia tubifera sensu Corner is revised over its entire range in Southeast Asia. It is a heterogeneous complex of three distinct taxa, G. elata Ridl., G. subcarinata (Corner) Y.W.Low (elevated from varietal status) and G. tubifera Wall., mainly distinguished by calyx form, fruit size and ecological distribution. Two new varieties are described, G. elata var. longipedicellata K.M.Wong (from the Philippines) and G. subcarinata var. sumatrana Y.W.Low (from Sumatra). A key for identification, descriptions, nomenclatural notes, illustrations and exsiccatae examined.

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Bothriochloa Kuntze (Poaceae) has 3 species in Thailand: B. bladhii, B. ischaemum, and B. pertusa. A key, descriptions, and illustrations are provided.

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Hemisorghum C.E. Hubb. (Poaceae, Sorghinae) has a single species in Thailand: H. mekongense (A. Camus) C.E. Hubb. It occurs from Burma to Laos and Cambodia. In Thailand it is rare along riverbanks. A lectotype is designated.

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The moist chamber culture technique was employed to detect myxomycetes (plasmodial slime molds) associated with the bark surface of living trees. Twenty-five species of myxomycetes in 13 genera were identified from moist-chambered bark samples collected at three localities in Singapore. Seventeen species are new records for Singapore. One species, Comatricha pseudonigra was previously known only from Mitchell River National Park in the state of Victoria, Australia.

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Ten new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), I. adenioides Suksathan & Keerat., I. charisma Suksathan & Keerat., I. daraneenae Suksathan & Triboun, I. doitungensis Triboun & Sonsupab, I. jiewhoei Triboun & Suksathan, I. oreophila Triboun & Suksathan, I. ruthiae Suksathan & Triboun, I. sirindhorniae Triboun & Suksathan, I. spectabilis Triboun & Suksathan, and I. tigrina Suksathan & Triboun from Thailand are described and illustrated.

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The history of the name cananga in botanical nomenclature is outlined and clarified. Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson, is lectotypified. Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M. Turner is proposed for Cananga latifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep., nom. superfl. The infraspecific taxonomy of Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson is reviewed and the cultivar group names for plants producing ylang-ylang and cananga oil are corrected.

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The miscellaneous notes on Cucurbitaceae comprise: (1) the description of a new species in Kedrostis from Peninsular Malaysia; (2) three new combinations in Neoachmandra from Africa, five new combinations in Pilogyne from New Guinea and the Pacific; and (3) a modern description of Zehneria baueriana, from Norfolk Isl., western Pacific.

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A review of Piptospatha elongata (Engl.) N.E. Br. in Sarawak is presented. The species is shown to comprise three morphologically and ecologically distinct taxa, two of which are new to science and herewith described as Piptospatha impolita S.Y.Wong, P.C. Boyce & Bogner and P. viridistigma S.Y.Wong, P.C. Boyce & Bogner. A new key to Piptospatha is presented and all species of the Elongata group are illustrated. Additionally, new observations on the morphologies separating the Piptospatha elongata Group and P. grabowskii Group sensu Bogner and Hay (2000) are presented.

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