Microcos kinabaluensis

• Main Authors: Tsen, S., Mohd Yusof, Nur Adillah, M.Y., Khoo, E., Maryani, A., Colin Ruzelion Maycock, Nilus, R., Sugau, J., Pereira, J.T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 2021
• Subjects: QK Botany; SB Plant culture
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27361/1/Microcos%20kinabaluensis-Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27361/2/Microcos%20kinabaluensis.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27361/; https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162025289/162033774

Microcos kinabaluensis is a tree, endemic to Sabah. Due to land use change, it is suspected that the population declined by at least 80% (based on reduction analysis in GeoCAT). Habitat loss has been caused by agricultural and ecotourism development over the last three generations of the species. Th...