Malesian Species of Fissisligma (Annonaceae)
Abstract
A taxonomic study of the genus Fissistigma Griff. (Annonaceae) in Malesia
was conducted based on morphological characters. Beside the four incompletely
known species, fifteen species and one variety are recognized, consisting of
previously known twelve species and one variety (namely F.borneense, F.elmeri,
F.fulgens, F.hypoglaucum, F.kinabaluense, F.kingii, F.lanuginosum, F.latifolium,
F.latifolium var. ovoideum, F.litseaefolium, F. longipes, F.manubriatum and
F.rubiginosum), and three proposed new species (namely F.cordifolia,
F.magnisepala and F.sumatrana). One species (F.clementis) is excluded from
Fissistigma as it belongs to Mitrella. An identification key to the species is included.
