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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We are grateful to Hajah Noralinda binti Haji Ibrahim, the Acting 
Director of Forestry Department, Brunei Darussalam for providing us with field support and 
assistance for this study. Special thanks to Roslinah binti Haji Mohsin for her encouragement 
and continuous support and assistance to this project. Various staff members of the Brunei 
National Herbarium (BRUN) have kindly helped: Mediana Kampong and Muhd. Wafiuddin 
Zainol Ariffin assisted with herbarium materials and the BRAHMS database; Watu Awok, Azlan 
Pandai, Jangarun Eri, Muhd. Khairul Nizam Kampong and Rauzaidi Mureh provided excellent 
assistance in the field, as well as maintaining the ex-situ research collection. We sincerely 
thank Dr Joeni Setijo Rahajoe (Keeper of BO) for providing us with permission and access to 
the Loranthaceae collection at BO; Dr Atik Retnowati and Ridha Mahyuni provided excellent 
support and assistance at BO. Siti Nur Bazilah Mohamed Ibrahim (SING) provided valuable 
field assistance on the botanical excursion at the Nyamokning Dam, as well as herbarium and 
curatorial support in Singapore. Research funding for YWL is provided by the National Parks 
Board, Singapore through the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Dr Robert Faden (US) and Dr Jan- 
Frits Veldkamp (L) provided nomenclatural comments on the proposed specific epithet; and 
Dr Max M.J. van Balgooy (L) confirmed that the new species is the first linear-leaved taxon 
when mature of the genus Macrosolen that he was aware of. This research collaboration is 
conducted under the MoU programme “ The Botanical Survey of Brunei Darussalam ’ between 
the Brunei Forestry Department, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources and the National 
Parks Board, Singapore. 
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