identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
052987CA244EC272DCB6FCE05ADCFE1D.text	052987CA244EC272DCB6FCE05ADCFE1D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhododendron chamahensis Rafidah 2012	<div><p>Rhododendron chamahensis Rafidah, sp. nov. — Plate 1, 2</p><p>Rhododendron seimundii similis sed foliis longitudine quam latitudine 4-plo (non 2–3-plo) excedenti apice glande protusa nulla (in R. seimundii glande hujusmodi praesenti), bracteis rotundatis (non filiformibus),pedicellis 1.6–2 cm longis (non 0.5 –1 cm), ovario dense indumentoso (non lepidoto) differt. — Typus: P. Wilkie et al. FRI 72071 (holo KEP; iso E), Peninsular Malaysia, Kelantan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.57119&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.2061663" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.57119/lat 5.2061663)">Gua Musang</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.57119&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.2061663" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.57119/lat 5.2061663)">Gunung Chamah</a>, 3 Aug. 2010, N5°12'22.20" E101°34'16.30" .</p><p>Etymology. The epithet refers to the locality, Gunung Chamah.</p><p>Epiphytic shrub. Scales scattered, sessile, with an entire margin, the centre not dark-coloured. Branches slender, c. 20 cm long, sometimes lepidote; internodes 2.2 –3.5 cm long. Leaves in pseudowhorls of 4 – 6; petiole pale green, 4 –7 mm long, slightly glaucous, glabrescent; lamina narrowly elliptic to oblong elliptic, 2 – 6.5 by 0.5–1.5 cm, in living material dark green above and beneath, coriaceous, sometimes scattered lepidote above and beneath, base attenuate, margin slightly crenulate, sometimes entire, slightly revolute, apex obtuse, tip without</p><p>Character R. chamahensis R. seimundii</p><p>Habit epiphyte terrestrial</p><p>Petiole</p><p>length (mm) 4–7 2–4</p><p>indumentum glabrescent lepidote</p><p>Lamina</p><p>shape narrowly elliptic to oblong-obovate to narrowly oblong elliptic elliptic</p><p>length by width (cm) 2–6.5 by 0.5–1.5 1.3–2.8 by 0.6–0.9</p><p>length: width ratio 4: 1 2–3: 1</p><p>tip of apex without a gland ending in a small protruding gland</p><p>Bracts</p><p>shape rounded filiform</p><p>size (mm) 5 by 5 8 by 2</p><p>Pedicel length (cm) 1.6– 2 0.5–1</p><p>Corolla</p><p>colour pure white white with red scales</p><p>lobe size (mm) 9–11 by 8–10 15–25 by 14–26</p><p>Anthers white maroon</p><p>Ovary densely hairy densely lepidote</p><p>gradually attenuate into the style, style whitish green, 12–15 mm long, sparsely hairy to minutely hairy towards the stigma, stigma capitate, c. 1.5 mm wide. Fruits and seeds unknown.</p><p>Distribution — Endemic in Peninsular Malaysia, Kelantan: known only from Gunung Chamah in the Gua Musang district.</p><p>Ecology — A rare species collected from the lower montane forest at altitudes of 1200 –1700 m (not from the peak) growing as an epiphytic shrub collected from a fallen tree by the river. a protruding gland; midrib deeply sunken above, strongly prominent beneath, lateral veins scarcely visible. Inflorescence a 2 – 3-flowered umbel; perulae pale green, rounded, c. 5 by 5 mm, membranous, minutely rusty hairy outside, glabrous inside; pedicel pale to whitish green, 1.6 – 2 cm long, slender, minutely hairy. Flowers: calyx pale green, 2.5 mm wide, lobes rounded oblique, hairy outside, glabrous inside; corolla pure white, rotate-campanulate shaped, c. 18 mm long, c. 22 mm wide, glabrous, tube narrowly cylindric, short, 6 –9 mm long, 3– 4 mm wide at base, 6–7 mm wide below the lobes, lobes spreading, erect, broadly obovate, apex rounded, 9–11 by 8–10 mm; stamens 8–10, filaments white, c. 1.6 cm long, hairy at the base, anthers white, 2 mm long, 1 mm wide; nectary (disc) black when dry, shortly cylindric, less than 2 mm high; ovary pale green, 2 – 4 mm long, c. 2 mm wide at base, densely hairy,</p><p>Other specimen examined. PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, Kelantan,Gua Musang,</p><p>Gunung Chamah, 30 July 2010, Ong et al FRI 71142 (KEP) .</p><p>Conservation status — Rare (RA).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/052987CA244EC272DCB6FCE05ADCFE1D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Rafidah, R.	Rafidah, R. (2012): Rhododendron chamahensis (Ericaceae), a new species from Peninsular Malaysia. Blumea 57 (2): 114-115, DOI: 10.3767/000651912X654155, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912x654155
