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specimens in their care; to Dr Ruth Kiewand Dr Noorma Wati Haron (supervisor in Master of 
Science) for their guidance; to the Flora Biodiversity Programme staff for their assistance in 
the held; to Dr Saw Leng Guan and Dr Richard Chung for giving comments on this paper; and 
Dr Lillian Chua for checking the conservation status assessment. I also thank Mr Roslee Halip 
(University of Malaya) and Mr. Azizi Abdul Jalil (FRIM) for assisting in SEM techniques. 
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