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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344" ID-PMC="PMC5704024" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-89-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="FFF6FFD4FF97A242FFF7FF81235AC02E" ID-PubMed="29362547" ID-Zenodo-Dep="1138283" ModsDocID="1314-2003-89-1" checkinTime="1508253007240" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Yunoh, Siti-Munirah Mat &amp; Dzulkafly, Zaharil" docDate="2017" docId="4C2D1D97ADA158C0A3481A5F12130E92" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 89: 1-10" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 89" docPubDate="2017-10-17" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344" docTitle="Ridleyandra merohmerea M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil 2017, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="3" id="FFF6FFD4FF97A242FFF7FF81235AC02E" lastPageNumber="6" masterDocId="FFF6FFD4FF97A242FFF7FF81235AC02E" masterDocTitle="Ridleyandra merohmerea (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia" masterLastPageNumber="10" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="2" updateTime="1668142110227" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:namePart>Yunoh, Siti-Munirah Mat</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Dzulkafly, Zaharil</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="4C2D1D97-ADA1-58C0-A348-1A5F12130E92" authority="M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil" authorityName="M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil" authorityYear="2017" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra merohmerea" order="Lamiales" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="merohmerea" status="sp. nov.">Ridleyandra merohmerea M.Y.Siti-Munirah &amp; D.Zaharil</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="1" pageNumber="2">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Ridleyandra merohmerea Siti Munirah &amp; Zaharil. A, B habit C leaf arrangement D petiole with hairs E flower from side view F peduncle with hairs G corolla curve H bracts I sepals J nectary K flower with five lobes L flower lobes dark red M corolla outer surface N corolla surface inside with stamens O pistil P stigma Q anthers R fruit capsule open S young fruit (Photo: A - K, M-S Siti-Munirah MY, L Zaharil D)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/162444" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Ridleyandra merohmerea Siti Munirah &amp; Zaharil. A habit with flower and fruit B flower C corolla (front view) D calyx (sepals) E bract F corolla opened to show position of stamen G anthers (upper pair) H anthers (lower pair) I pistil All from Siti Munirah FRI 76345. DRAWN BY M. AIDIL." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/162445" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">, 3</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
In its leaf shape and flower lobe colour,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
most resembles
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Siti-Munirah but it differs in its leaves that are flat above and not wavy (glossy above and wavy), petiole 1-2 cm long (1-4 cm), oblanceolate and falcate lamina (lamina lanceolate oblong and not falcate), peduncle 8-13 cm long with green to dark purple (5-8 cm, pale green), pedicels 1-2 cm long (2.5-3 cm). In flower colour also is similar to
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but differs in the sepal dark purple outer surface (sepals light green), corolla tube completely bright red outside (fully white outside).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<materialsCitation accessionNumber="FRI 76345" collectingDate="2017-04-05" country="MALAYSIA" county="Peninsular Malaysia" location="Sungai Tuang" municipality="Ulu Galas Forest Reserve" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kelantan" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry name="Malaysia">MALAYSIA</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingCounty>Peninsular Malaysia</collectingCounty>
:
<collectingRegion country="Malaysia" name="Kelantan">Kelantan</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Ulu Galas Forest Reserve</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4C2D1D97ADA158C0A3481A5F12130E92:67201D99316C9BD4D7032C4484D188F8" country="MALAYSIA" county="Peninsular Malaysia" municipality="Ulu Galas Forest Reserve" name="Sungai Tuang" stateProvince="Kelantan">Sungai Tuang</location>
,
<collectingDate value="2017-04-05">5 April 2017</collectingDate>
, (fl &amp; fr) Siti-Munirah
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(
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
: KEP!)
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Perennial herb.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Stem</emphasis>
woody, unbranched, erect, 2-30 cm tall, 3-6 mm diam., upper part of stem, petiole, lower surface of veins with greenish white-brown, dense, unbranched, multiseriate, hairs ca. 1-3 mm long.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Leaves</emphasis>
in unequal pairs, clustered in a rosette at the top of the stem, petioles 1-2 cm long; lamina oblanceolate, falcate, 6-20
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-5 cm, flat above, narrowed to base, margin lobed, tooth tip acute or rounded, 2-15
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5-10 mm, apex acute to attenuate, green above, whitish green beneath; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath, lateral veins 10-17 pairs.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Inflorescence</emphasis>
single-flowered, peduncle 8-13 cm long, green to dark purple, slightly curved downward; bracts in pairs, opposite or alternate, pale green, lanceolate, ca. 3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5 mm, pedicel 1-2 cm long, dark purple red, hairs brown.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Flowers</emphasis>
with sepals 5, oblanceolate, ca. 3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5 mm, dark purple outside, green inside; corolla trumpet-shaped, tube ca. 5 cm long, ca. 1.5 cm diam. at the mouth, dilating to ca. 0.5 cm at the base, lobes ca. 7-9 mm
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5-6 mm, outside minutely pubescent, white at the base becoming completely bright red outside, inside completely deep red, lobes dark red to almost black projecting ca. 9 mm beyond the tube, lateral lobes ca. 7
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6 mm and the centre lobe ca. 9
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5 mm; stamens 4 in 2 pairs, filaments white to maroon, lower pair ca. 3 cm long, upper pair ca. 3.5 cm long, anthers creamy yellow, ca. 1 mm long, joined in pairs; nectary annular, ca. 1 mm high; ovary ca. 4 cm long, pale mauve, stigma purple, broadly spathulate, ca. 2 mm
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1-2 mm.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Capsules</emphasis>
dark purple or greenish, slightly curved downward, glabrous, 6-6.5 cm long, 3-6 mm diam.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Endemic in Peninsular Malaysia, Kelantan, Gua Musang (Ulu Galas Forest Reserve, Sungai Tuang (Map
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).
<geoCoordinate degrees="4" direction="north" minutes="42.425" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="4.707083">4°42.425'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="101" direction="east" minutes="55.831" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="101.93052">101°55.831'E</geoCoordinate>
.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Map 1.</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(●),
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. morganii" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">R. morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(▲) and
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(■) in Peninsular Malaysia. NFI III Courtesy of Forest Department Peninsular Malaysia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="ecology">
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Occurs on the river bank, steep slope and some on rocks just beside the river (Figure
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), mostly in under shaded conditions. All populations occurred at about 260-300 m above sea level (asl).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Habitat of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A</emphasis>
habitat beside the river (plant show by red arrow)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">B</emphasis>
plant habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">C</emphasis>
from left; Zaharil D, Mohd Hairul MA, Wan Syafik WP &amp; Siti-Munirah MY; beside the habitat of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">D-F</emphasis>
occurs on steep slope and some on rocks just beside the river (Photo by
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A-B, D-F</emphasis>
Siti-Munirah MY
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">C</emphasis>
Zaharil D).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Siti Munirah &amp; Zaharil.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A, B</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">C</emphasis>
leaf arrangement
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">D</emphasis>
petiole with hairs
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">E</emphasis>
flower from side view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F</emphasis>
peduncle with hairs
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">G</emphasis>
corolla curve
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">H</emphasis>
bracts
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">I</emphasis>
sepals
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">J</emphasis>
nectary
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">K</emphasis>
flower with five lobes
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
flower lobes dark red
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">M</emphasis>
corolla outer surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">N</emphasis>
corolla surface inside with stamens
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">O</emphasis>
pistil
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">P</emphasis>
stigma
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Q</emphasis>
anthers
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">R</emphasis>
fruit capsule open
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">S</emphasis>
young fruit (Photo:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A</emphasis>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">K, M-S</emphasis>
Siti-Munirah MY,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
Zaharil D).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Siti Munirah &amp; Zaharil.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A</emphasis>
habit with flower and fruit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">B</emphasis>
flower
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">C</emphasis>
corolla (front view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">D</emphasis>
calyx (sepals)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">E</emphasis>
bract
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">F</emphasis>
corolla opened to show position of stamen
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">G</emphasis>
anthers (upper pair)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">H</emphasis>
anthers (lower pair)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">I</emphasis>
pistil All from Siti Munirah FRI 76345. DRAWN BY M. AIDIL.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
From the local dialect of Kelantanese people, '
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' means 'merah
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in Malay and bright red in English. This name was chosen in the hope it will attract more Kelantanese to be more interested, concerned and aware of the importance
<pageBreakToken pageId="2" pageNumber="3" start="start">of</pageBreakToken>
forest biodiversity in Kelantan especially since recently there are so many controversies and issues about disturbance to forests in Kelantan that in some cases might result in destruction of this new unique discovery. Hopefully, this name will attract more stake
<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="4" start="start">holders</pageBreakToken>
to understand the importance of protecting and conserving the forest and this beautiful species and to realise that yet more new species are waiting to be discovered.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
CR B2ab(ii,iii). Following the 2012 IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, (
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refId="B1" refString="IUCN, 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. (2nd edn). Gland and Cambridge, 32 pp." title="IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. (2 nd edn). Gland and Cambridge, 32 pp." year="2012">IUCN 2012</bibRefCitation>
) this species is assessed as critically endangered because it is only known from only one locality. Furthermore, only about 150 individuals were counted scattered along the river from the three populations found, currently it is being threatened all three populations are exposed by the rubber tree plantation project, which is currently ongoing within the forest reserve (or compart
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="5" start="start">ments</pageBreakToken>
). Although the three
<taxonomicName authorityName="A.Weber &amp; B.L.Burtt" authorityYear="1998" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ridleyandra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations lie within the Ulu Galas Forest Reserve, unfortunately the status of the forest is uncertain because the area had been approved for timber latex clone (TLC) rubber tree plantation and will soon be converted to plantation ('Projek Ladang
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hutan">Hutan'</normalizedToken>
). None of the populations in Ulu Galas FR is in a Totally Protected Area.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Based on lobed margin leafs,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also close to
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. morganii" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Franch.) A. Weber, however, in other character, including the inflorescence it is totally different (Figure
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, Table
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). In addition, phytogeography also different when referring to
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Siti Munirah which endemic to Gunung Benom (Pahang) on upper hill dipterocarp forest,
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. merohmerea" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
endemic to Galas FR (Kelantan) in lowland diptero
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="6" start="start">carp</pageBreakToken>
forest, while
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. morganii" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is quite wide distribute on central main range at many on montane forest such as Gunung Brinchang, Pahang (Map
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).
<taxonomicName authorityName="M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil" authorityYear="2017" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra merohmerea" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a distinctive species among
<taxonomicName authorityName="A.Weber &amp; B.L.Burtt" authorityYear="1998" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in its flower color (Figure
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). Indeed, the only other
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species with a red flower is
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however the corolla outer surface of
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is white, while in
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. merohmerea" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is completely red.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="1138291" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/162446" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Comparison of resembles species
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil" authorityYear="2017" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra merohmerea" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Siti-Munirah" authorityYear="2012" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra iminii" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra morganii" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Photo by
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">A</emphasis>
Zaharil D
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B</emphasis>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C</emphasis>
Siti-Munirah MY).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="011A1AB524AC92A952E9A781A29668F8" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/011A1AB524AC92A952E9A781A29668F8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Table 1.</emphasis>
Main morphological differences among the similar species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="A.Weber &amp; B.L.Burtt" authorityYear="1998" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<table pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. merohmerea" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. iminii" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. morganii" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">R. morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">Leaves</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">petiole</emphasis>
(cm long)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">1-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">0.5-2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">lamina</emphasis>
(surface)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">flat not wavy</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">wavy</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">flat not wavy</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">Inflorescence</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">peduncle</emphasis>
(cm long)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">8-13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">5-8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">7-10</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">pedicel</emphasis>
(cm long)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">2.5-3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">0.5-0.8</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">Flowers</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">sepals</emphasis>
(shape)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">oblanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">lanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">elliptic</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">sepals</emphasis>
(colour)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">dark purple to green</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">light green</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">purple</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">corolla tube</emphasis>
(outside)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">bright red</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">white</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">purple</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">corolla tube</emphasis>
(inside)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">deep red</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">dark red</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">purple with white lines</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">lobes</emphasis>
(colour)
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">dark red to almost black</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">dark red</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rowspan="1">purple</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="1138293" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.89.20344.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/162447" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Comparison flowers of resembles species
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="M. Y. Siti-Munirah &amp; D. Zaharil" authorityYear="2017" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra merohmerea" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="merohmerea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra merohmerea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Siti-Munirah" authorityYear="2012" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra iminii" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="iminii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra iminii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Ridleyandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ridleyandra morganii" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="morganii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ridleyandra morganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Photo by
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">A</emphasis>
Zaharil D
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">B</emphasis>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">C</emphasis>
Siti-Munirah MY).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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