%0 Journal Article %A Mark Arcebal K. Naive %A Yhebron J. Lagud %A Niels Jacobsen %T Discovery through citizen science: Cryptocoryne paglaterasiana (Araceae), a new endangered species from Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte, Western Mindanao %D 2022 %J Taiwania %V 67 %N 4 %P 539-543 %U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1871 %X Cryptocoryne paglaterasiana, a new endemic species discovered by two citizen scientists in Zamboanga del Norte, Western Mindanao, Philippines is herein described and illustrated. A detailed description, colour plates, phenology, distribution, provisional conservation status and a list of Cryptocoryne species in the Philippines are presented below. With this discovery, the Philippines now holds a total number of seven Cryptocoryne species and except for one they are endemic, rare and threatened. %M doi:10.6165/tai.2022.67.539