NOTE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PTEROSPERMUM PECTENIFORME KOSTERM. (DOMBEYOIDEAE : MALVACEAE S .L.) IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

• Main Authors: Ahmad Fitri, Zohari, Mohd Nizam, Mohd Said, Saiyidah Raffhanah, Basri, Rohaiza, Daud, Faezah, Pardi, Nurul Syahirah, Mat Aron, Norazlinda, Mohamad, Ruzi, Abdul Rahman, Nur Aqilah, Mustafa Bakray, Nik Hazlan, Nik Muhamad, Nik Norafida, Nik A, Abdul Latiff, Mohamad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2021
• Subjects: QK Botany; SD Forestry
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36460/1/pecteniforme1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36460/; http://malaysianforester.my/forestry/current_journal.php

The rare species Pterospermum pecteniforme previously is only known from two herbarium collections in the late 1960 and early 1970 in Perlis and Kedah (Langkawi Islands; Pulau Timun), respectively. In this paper, we have added two additional localities from two islands of Langkawi Archipelago namely, Pulau Dayang Bunting and Pulau Singa Besar. This species is locally quite common on both islands. All fertile collections of this species are only from the fruits while the flower is still unknown.