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Alphonsea kinabaluensis

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Taxonomy

The taxonomic status is pending for approval

Description

Alphonsea kinabaluensis is a plant species that belongs to the family Annonaceae that can reach up to 15 m height and 35 cm in diameter. When dried, the branches are brown and longitudinally wrinkled. The shape of leaves is narrowly elliptic or ovate-lanceolate with blade size ranging from 4.5−13.0 and 2.0−5.5 cm and have chartaceous texture. The colour of the leaves when dried is either grey-brown or brown on both surfaces. This species produces one or more flowers.  It produces two to five monocarps of globose to ellipsoidal shape with size up to 3 cm long and 2 cm diameter. Each monocarp may contains six seeds measuring 12−14 mm long, 8 mm diameter and 3−5 mm thick (Turner, 2014). It is native to Borneo specifically Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan. The epithet name, kinabaluensis is derived from Mount Kinabalu, located in Sabah, Malaysia where this species was first found in year 1933. This species grows at altitudes up to 2,150 m in lowland, hill and montane forests including limestone forests (Turner, 2014).

Different characteristics have been identified for Alphonsea kinabaluensis grown in various varieties of forest. The species in the montane forest is characterised by the presence of the leaf blade upper surface, which has shiny honeycombed or pinpricked when seen under 20 times magnification, meanwhile the lowland forest has considerably smoother leaf upper surface with dark dots rather than pits. During flowering, we can see the difference clearly, the one grown at lowland produced three to five carpels per flower and monocarps covered with a dense brown to dark brown tomentum. On the other hand, the species grown at montane forest produced fewer carpels, which is about two to three carpels per flower and monocarps with short straw-coloured tomentum. 

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Ahmad Aldrie Amir (Dr.)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
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Anisah Lee Abdullah (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
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Asyraf Mansor (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
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Chong Ju Lian (Dr.)
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Kartini Binti Saibeh (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Mohamad Azani Alias (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Mohd Fahmi Abu Bakar (Ts. Dr.)
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Mohd Norfaizal Ghazalli (Dr.)
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Nazahatul Anis Amaludin (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
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Nor Ezzawanis Abdullah Thani (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Nur Kyariatul Syafinie Abdul Majid (Ms.)
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Nur Supardi Md Noor (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Rusea Go (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Tam Sheh May (Dr.)
Taylor's University
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Tan Swee Lian (Dr.)
Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
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Yong Kien Thai (Dr.)
University of Malaya (UM)
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References

Chapter in book
  1. Turner, I.M., Weerasooriya, A.D., Saunders, R.M.K. & Ganesan, S.K. (2014). Annonaceae. In Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G., Chung, R.C.K. & Kiew, R. (Eds.), Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 8. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM). pp. 1-200.

Acknowledgements :- Ms. Aida Salihah Binti Abu Bakar, Ms. Nuranita Binti Mohammad Noor & Mrs. Siti Yasmin Binti Yaakub

Species Citation :- Alphonsea kinabaluensis. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/21881. [Retrieved 29 March 2024].

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