Diplycosia rigidifolia sp. nov. (Ericaceae) from Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia

1 June 2016

Fritsch, Peter; Bush, Catherine

Diplycosia rigidifolia P.W. Fritsch & C.M. Bush, a new species from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, is described and illustrated. This species is similar to D. urceolata, but differs by its shorter petiole, thicker, strictly elliptic leaf blades, longer pedicels, calyx lobes with sharply acuminate apex, and larger purplish black fruiting calyx. The species is known only from Mt. Kinabalu in northern Sabah state, Malaysia.

10.1111/njb.01245