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Besi Edward Entalai, . and Nikong Dome, . and Muskhazli Mustafa, . and Rusea Go, . New records for orchids in Terengganu and Kelantan Malaysia. pp. 1-25. ISSN 2672-7226
Abstract
The rampant logging concessions and their aftermath floods that occurred in tropical forests of Peninsular Malaysia have greatly altered the integrity of the wild orchid habitats and their species diversity. Undoing orchid's local extinction in Terengganu and Kelantan is always presented as the topmost conservation priority. Our botanical rescue mission was important to evaluate the diversity of this jewels of rainforest in the disturbed forests by aiming the field collections more to saving the epiphytic orchids on fallen trees in logging sites. A total of 73 orchid species were reported as new records to Terengganu and four species are new records to Kelantan including nine rare and eight endemic species. The results infer many orchids might have gone to extinction without being recorded owing to the years of unsustainable forest cutting in Terengganu and Kelantan. A brief checklist on the newly recorded orchid species including information on the important attributes were included.
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Abstract
The rampant logging concessions and their aftermath floods that occurred in tropical forests of Peninsular Malaysia have greatly altered the integrity of the wild orchid habitats and their species diversity. Undoing orchid's local extinction in Terengganu and Kelantan is always presented as the topmost conservation priority. Our botanical rescue mission was important to evaluate the diversity of this jewels of rainforest in the disturbed forests by aiming the field collections more to saving the epiphytic orchids on fallen trees in logging sites. A total of 73 orchid species were reported as new records to Terengganu and four species are new records to Kelantan including nine rare and eight endemic species. The results infer many orchids might have gone to extinction without being recorded owing to the years of unsustainable forest cutting in Terengganu and Kelantan. A brief checklist on the newly recorded orchid species including information on the important attributes were included.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| AGROVOC Term: | Orchidaceae |
| AGROVOC Term: | Species diversity |
| AGROVOC Term: | Tropical forests |
| AGROVOC Term: | Resource conservation |
| AGROVOC Term: | Identification |
| AGROVOC Term: | Nature conservation |
| AGROVOC Term: | Geographical distribution |
| AGROVOC Term: | Epiphytes |
| AGROVOC Term: | Endemic species |
| AGROVOC Term: | Forests |
| Depositing User: | Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 00:54 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8808 |
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