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Piptospatha

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo.Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat

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Piptospatha
Piptospatha ridleyi1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Piptospatha
N.E.Br. (1879)

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo.2345

  • Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak
  • Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak
  • Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat
References

References

  1. Joseph Hooker - Piptospatha ridleyi from Curtis Bot Magazine vol 121 t. 7410 (1895)
  2. Piptospatha N.E.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. 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.
  4. Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2012). The Araceae of Indomalaya II: Piptospatha N.E.Br.. Malayan Nature Journal 64: 9-32.
  5. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.