taxonID	type	description	language	source
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	description	Figures 1, 2, 3, 4	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Thismia sitimeriamiae has a unique combination of morphological traits, by which it differs from all its congeners including its orange colour, its surface characteristics and its floral architecture: the flower is strigose with pale orange simple and stellate trichomes covering the outer surface of the floral tube, mitre and ovary; the upper surface of the annulus is covered by very short trichomes; the outer tepals are reduced and inconspicuous and the inner tepals are curved upwards, connate, forming an umbrella / parasol-like mitre with a flattish apex.	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia: Terengganu, Setiu District, Hulu Nerus Forest Reserve, ca. 209 m alt., 23 December 2019, Dome Nikong, FRI 91118 (holotype KEP!, spirit collection, No. barcode 280006).	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	description	Description. Achlorophyllous herb, ca. 2.2 cm tall. Roots coralliform, creeping, light brown. Stem 8 mm tall, erect-ascending, unbranched, 2 mm thick, whitish. Leaves ca. 6, spirally arranged, triangular, scale-like, acute, entire, 3 - 4 mm long and 1 mm wide at base, pale whitish. Bracts 3, widely triangular to ovate, entire, acute to acuminate, ca. 5 mm long, 2 mm wide, pale greenish to brown. Pedicel 1 mm long, elongating after anthesis, greenish. Inflorescence (flower) solitary, actinomorphic, ca. 1.5 cm long; pale to dark orange; floral tube (hypanthium) conical in shape, ca. 1 cm in height, widest (1.2 cm) in the upper part; outer surface bright orange, sparsely covered with pale orange, simple trichomes (occasionally apically stellate); inner surface partially convex / reticulum; outer tepals 3, rather reduced and inconspicuous, divided, forming a narrow overhanging fringe around the mouth of the perianth tube; inner tepals well-developed, each pale orange, distally connate, forming a flattish, umbrella-like mitre ca. 3 - 4 mm tall, proximally flattened with revolute margins, arching over the floral tube; mitre circular in outline, ca. 8 - 10 mm wide, the upper surface bright orange, covered sparsely with orange trichomes, the lower surface glabrous, bright orange; annulus (apical part of the floral tube) pale orange, rounded, ca. 1.2 cm wide, the rim raised, connected with the inner tepals; upper surface covered with short trichomes; aperture, ca. 4 - 5 mm, with a blackish margin; stamens 6, orange, pendent from the annulus; filaments orange, curved downwards, connectives laterally connate, forming a tube, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous on the inner surface, the apex of each connective with two lobes, each pointed with transparent trichomes; outer side of connectives forming a lateral appendage, protruding towards the floral tube, horn-like on each side, shallowly dentate and sparsely hairy on the free margins; thecae pale, surrounded by tufts of hairs; interstaminal glands inserted along the line of fusion between the connectives; ovary inferior, obconical, flushed pale orange and greenish, covered by bracts; placentas 3, parietal; pistil slender, clavate, pale greenish-orange; style ca. 1.5 mm long, slender, erect, glabrous; stigma ca. 1 mm, papillose, 3 - lobed, narrowly-rectangle, each without furrowed, orange; fruit a cup-shaped capsule, greenish, borne on an elongated pedicel up to 6 cm long; seeds brown.	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Endemic to Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. Currently known only from the type locality (Map 1).	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
A9F4F1C5CFCB5E0FA805EAB1492AB1CA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Thismia sitimeriamiae is dedicated to Siti Meriam, the mother of the second author (Dome Nikong), in honour of her unparalleled support for the conservation activities pursued by Dome Nikong and her help in maintaining his plant collections.	en	Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh, Dome, Nikong, Thorogood, Chris J. (2021): Thismia sitimeriamiae (Thismiaceae), an extraordinary new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys 179: 75-89, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.179.68300
