Borneocola salahuddinianus (Meekiong, A.Ampeng & Ipor) Y.Y.Sam, 2016

Sam, Yen Yen, Takano, Atsuko, Ibrahim, Halijah, Zaveska, Eliska & Aziz, Fazimah, 2016, Borneocola (Zingiberaceae), a new genus from Borneo, PhytoKeys 75, pp. 31-55 : 40

7. Borneocola salahuddinianus (Meekiong, A.Ampeng & Ipor) Y.Y.Sam comb. nov.

Scaphochlamys salahuddiniana Meekiong, A.Ampeng & Ipor, Folia Malaysiana 12(1): 22 (2011).

Type.

MALAYSIA. Sarawak, Kapit, Ulu Katibas, Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Bukit Sepali, 30 April 2008 , Meekiong MK 1856 (holotype SAR; isotype Herbarium, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak .. Types not yet deposited as of 5 May 2016) .

Note.

Borneocola salahuddinianus is unique amongst the Bornean species with its broadly elliptic or ovate lamina held by a long slender petiole. It is doubtful that Borneocola salahuddinianus is a lithophyte as observed by Meekiong et al. (2011). The plants are more of an opportunist growing on humus-rich substrate accumulated on the rocks.