Two New Species of Uvaria (Annonaceae) from Borneo, with a New Nomenclatural Combination

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by  A M Achala S Attanayake

Two New Species of Uvaria (Annonaceae) from Borneo, with a New
Nomenclatural Combination
A. M. Achala S. Attanayake
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Roach Hong Kong, China.
Current address: Deputy Director, National Herbarium, Department of National Botanic Gardens,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, [email protected]
Ian M. Turner
Research Associate, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB,
United Kingdom; Research Associate, Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Cluny Road,
Singapore 259569, Singapore, [email protected]
Richard M. K, Saunders
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
Author for correspondence: [email protected]
Abstract. Two new species of Uvaria L. (Annona¬ twining branchlets. The genus is characterized by the
ceae), U. beccarii Attanayake, I. M. Turner & R. M. presence of stellate hairs (throughout the plant),
K. Saunders and U. curvistipitata Attanayake, I. M.
Turner & R. M. K. Saunders, are described and
generally arranged in two lateral rows (Meade, 2005;
f. & Thomson. EUipeiopsis R. E. Fr.. Rauivenhoffia
in phylogenies based on chloroplast DNA sequence
data (Zhou et al.. 2009. 2010). The diagnostic
ing a legitimate name in Uvaria for the species. The Peninsular Malaysia (Sinclair, 1955) and continental
Asia north of the Isthmus of Kra (Meade, 2000)—no
indicate that there are over 30 species in the region,
in the Annonaceae (KeBler, 1993), with ca. 210
here, associated with the recent transfer of Cyatho-
stemma species to Uvaria (Zhou et al., 2009).
of diversity in continental Southeast Asia and Malesia 1. Uvaria beccarii Attanayake, I. M. Turner & R. M.
(Meade. 2005). All species of Uvaria are woody K. Saunders, sp. nov. TYPE: Malaysia. Sarawak:
Mt. Matang, 1863-1865 [1865, fide van Steenis-
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