A New Beech Tree with Wei Harn

Did you know that there are still new species of tree to discover? Wei Harn does, and in this episode he tells us all about his trip surveying Malaysian Royal Belum State Park and an unexpected new species discovery. How does one collect a tree, this entomologist host would like to know! (there certainly aren’t any vials big enough). We learn all about the stunning diversity of the park including its unique assemblages and history, and the importance of studying and valuing natural areas like it.

Wei Harn’s paper “Castanopsis corallocarpus (Fagaceae), a new species from Royal Belum (Perak) in Peninsular Malaysia” is in the 219th issue of Phytokeys.

It can be found here: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.219.95991
New Species: Castanopsis corallocarpus
Episode image courtesy of Wei Harn
To learn more about the evolutionary history, diversity, identification and conservation of this new species and over 700 others, check out http://www.asianfagaceae.com