Piptospatha

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Piptospatha
Species: P. insignis – P. remiformis – P. repens
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Piptospatha N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 138. (1879)

Type species: Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 138. (1879)

References

Brown, N.E. 1879. The Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 1879(1): 138.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Piptospatha in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Piptospatha. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2021.
Low, S.L., Wong, S.Y. & Boyce, P.C. 2018. Naming the chaos: generic redelimitation in Schismatoglottideae (Araceae). Webbia 73(1): S1-S100. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2017.1409940 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Piptospatha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2021.
Wong, S.Y. & Boyce, P.C. 2010. Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XI: Ooia, a new genus, and a new generic delimitation for Piptospatha. Botanical Studies 51(4): 543-552. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

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 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)
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.