Asean's pivotal role for regional stability: a realist perspective within the context of Us-China rivalry in Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Suthan Venkatachalam, Ramli Dollah, Soo Siang Yang
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: University of Malaya 2023
• Subjects: JZ1249-1254 Relation to other disciplines and topics; TN799.5-948 Nonmetallic minerals
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38292/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38292/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38292/; https://doi.org/10.22452/jati.vol28no2.1

Recent fieldwork in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, resulted in the collection of an endemic new species of Ardisia, described here as Ardisia recurvipetala Julius, Siti-Munirah & Utteridge. The species is a member of subgenus (§) Crispardisia on account of its vascularised glands (bacterial nodules) on the leaf margin and the terminal inflorescence on a specialised lateral branch subtended by a normal leaf (rather than a reduced bract-like leaf). Ardisia recurvipetala is unique amongst all members of §Crispardisia by having leaf margins with both vascularised glands and pustule-like structures and can be further distinguished from other Peninsular Malaysian members of this subgenus by the lamina raised between the leaf venation giving a somewhat bullate appearance, unbranched inflorescences, brownish-red pedicels and recurved corolla lobes, each with a creamy-white apex and a small pink patch at the base. Ardisia recurvipetala is known only from a single location in Terengganu and its conservation status is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).