Piptospatha
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Piptospatha ridleyi[1] | |
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Genus: | Piptospatha N.E.Br.
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Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It is native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo).[2][3][4][5]
- Piptospatha burbidgei (N.E.Br.) M.Hotta - Sarawak, Sabah
- Piptospatha elongata (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Kalimantan Barat
- Piptospatha impolita S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Bogner - Sarawak
- Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak
- Piptospatha manduensis Bogner & A.Hay - Kalimantan Timur
- Piptospatha marginata (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Sarawak
- Piptospatha perakensis (Engl.) Ridl. - southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak
- Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat
- Piptospatha ridleyi N.E.Br. ex Hook.f. - Johor, Pahang, Selangor
- Piptospatha truncata (M.Hotta) Bogner & A.Hay - Sarawak
- Piptospatha viridistigma S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Bogner - Sarawak
References
- ^ Joseph Hooker - Piptospatha ridleyi from Curtis Bot Magazine vol 121 t. 7410 (1895)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2012). The Araceae of Indomalaya II: Piptospatha N.E.Br.. Malayan Nature Journal 64: 9-32.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.