A survey on orchids in selected trails of Gunung Nuang forest reserve

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Khor, Hong Eng and Go, Rusea and Khor, Pei Wen and Abdullah, Janna Ong (2010) A survey on orchids in selected trails of Gunung Nuang forest reserve. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 33 (1). pp. 91-95. ISSN 1511-3701

Abstract

Gunung Nuang, which is the highest mountain peak in Selangor at 1493 m, marks the meeting point of three Malaysian states, namely Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, and Selangor. Gunung Nuang Forest Reserve comprises of lowland dipterocarp, hill dipterocarp, upper hill dipterocarp, and montane dipterocarp forest, covering 3.9% of Selangor land area. Starting from 2005, several collection trips were made to observe and document the flora from the family of Orchidaceae. As a result, 27 species of orchids were found on the selected trails, while 11 taxa remain unidentified. From the collected specimens, 34.9% of Selangor's orchids were represented by the results, indicating the rather high species diversity in the area. From the collections, five species are new records to Selangor. All the specimens were identified based on their morphological vegetative features and floral structures.

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Item Type:	Article
Subject:	Orchids - Selangor - Gunung Nuang
Subject:	Forest reserves - Malaysia - Selangor
Divisions:	Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords:	Orchidaceae; Orchid diversity; Gunung Nuang; Selangor
Depositing User:	Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2013 06:24
Last Modified:	28 Sep 2015 00:36
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12885
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