Indonesia, April 14 -- Jakarta (ANTARA) -

Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency, known as BRIN, said on Tuesday it has identified three new species of the Homalomena genus endemic to Sumatra, expanding scientific understanding of tropical plant diversity in Southeast Asia.

The discovery was made in collaboration with Herbarium Bandungense and the School of Life Sciences and Technology at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).

The three species, discovered by BRIN's Center for Biosystematics and Evolution researcher Muhammad Rifqi Hariri together with Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam, are named Homalomena pachyderma A.S.D. Irsyam & M.R. Hariri, Homalomena pulopadangensis A.S.D. Irsyam & M.R. Hariri, and Homalomena uncinata A....