A revision of Microchirita in Thailand 
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Turn Pra Sat Na Ra Ki Ling, c. 50 m, 29 October 2006, Triboun, P. 3671 (holotype E 
[E00428772]). 
Distribution. Thailand (Krabi). 
Habitat. On limestone. 
Provisional IUCN conservation assessment. Data Deficient DD. This variety is only 
known from the type collection and its distribution is too poorly known. 
Note. The corolla of the type specimen is reported to be pale pink. 
18c. Microchirita mollissima var. glandulophylla C.Puglisi, var. nov. 
Differs from the type variety by the glandular indumentum on the calyx and corolla, 
and the mixed glandular and eglandular indumentum on the leaves. - TYPE: Thailand, 
Phang Nga, Ban Tham Thong Lang, c. 50 m, 25 January 1969, Smitinand, T. & Scheller, 
R. 10642 (holotype BKF). 
Distribution. Thailand (Phang Nga). 
Habitat. On limestone rocks. 
Provisional IUCN conservation assessment. Endangered EN Blab(iii) + B2ab(iii). 
This species has an EOO and AOO of < 20 km 2 and is only known from a small 
number of collections from fewer than 5 locations, not all of which are in protected 
areas. 
Additional specimens examined. THAILAND: Phang Nga: Thap Put, Khao Sam’kob, c. 80 m, 
24 Aug 1967, Shimizu, T. et al. T-7903 (BKF); Tham Thong Lang, 50 m, Jun 1971, Cultivated 
RBGE, accession number 691872, vouchered as C8246 (E); Muang Phangnga, 29 Sep 2006, 
Triboun, P. 3665 (E). 
19. Microchirita oculata (Craib) A.Weber & D.J.Middleton, Taxon 60: 778 (2011). - 
Chirita oculata Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 174 (1930); Barnett, FI. Siam. 3: 226 
(1962); Wood, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 194 (1974); Burtt, Thai Forest 
Bull., Bot. 29: 88 (2001). - TYPE: “described from a plant which flowered in Aberdeen 
in Jul 1928. It was raised from seed of Kerr 9750 which was collected on Kao Sakan, 
6 November 1928” (lectotype ABD, designated by Wood (1974: 194); isolectotype E 
[EOO 155281]). (Fig. 12D-F) 
Caulescent herb to 40 cm tall, internodes 1-11 cm. Stems succulent, green, eglandular 
tomentose; branches sometimes arising from the petioles of the basal leaf. Leaves 
opposite, apart from the basal leaf; petioles 0.2-1.7 cm long, green, sparsely eglandular 
