Abstract
Ecogeographic variation in the widely dispersed but relatively neglected mangrove Kandelia candel is examined and described in the geographically isolated populations of this species from Brunei (North Borneo), Hong Kong and Thailand. Morphological attributes of leaf and propagules are compared together with some observations on differential chill tolerance in transplants from Brunei and Thailand growing alongside the wild populations of Hong Kong. Significant differences indicative of ecotypicity were obtained in terms of leaf length and size, propagule length, width and dry weight and chill tolerance of established four year old saplings.
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Maxwell, G.S. (1995). Ecogeographic variation in Kandelia candel from Brunei, Hong Kong and Thailand. In: Wong, YS., Tam, N.F.Y. (eds) Asia-Pacific Symposium on Mangrove Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 106. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0289-6_8
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