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8 July 2014 Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XXXIX: Schismatoglottis persistens, a new rhizomatous rheophytic species for the Schismatoglottis Multiflora Group
Wong Sin Yeng, Peter C. Boyce
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Abstract

A new rheophytic species of Schismatoglottis, S. persistens S. Y. Wong & P. C. Boyce is described from Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. It is remarkable in the genus by the combination of a creeping, rooting, rhizome-like stem and persistent ligules at the tip of the petiolar sheath.

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Wong Sin Yeng and Peter C. Boyce "Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XXXIX: Schismatoglottis persistens, a new rhizomatous rheophytic species for the Schismatoglottis Multiflora Group," Willdenowia 44(2), 247-251, (8 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.44.44206
Published: 8 July 2014
KEYWORDS
aroids
Malaysian Borneo
rheophyte
Sarawak
Sri Aman Division
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