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Pursegloveia imbakensis H. Okada, Tsukaya & M. Suleiman

Description

Pursegloveia imbakensis H.Okada, Tsukaya & M.Suleiman

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Sandakan • Tongod, Imbak Canyon Conservation Area, Kuli Water Fall; 8 Aug. 2015; Tsukaya, H., Okada, H., Hayashi, T. & Suleiman, M. TOH-113 (holo BORH).

Identification. Similar to Pursegloveia minima (H.Okada) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce in having stamens with shallow cavity but differing in the horseshoe-shaped staminate flowers and shining dark green leaves 20–30 cm long vs. chain-shaped staminate flowers and shining green leaves 4–7 cm long in P. minima (Okada et al. 2020).

Distribution and ecology. Known only from the type locality at Kuli Waterfall, Imbak Canyon Conservation Area. Observed only on a large rock just below Kuli Waterfall (Okada et al. 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), pp. 931-974 in Check List 17 (3) on page 958, DOI: 10.15560/17.3.931

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Collection code
BORH
Event date
2015-08-08
Verbatim event date
2015-08-08
Scientific name authorship
H. Okada, Tsukaya & M. Suleiman
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Pursegloveia
Species
imbakensis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Okada H, Tsukaya H, Suleiman M (2020). A new species of Purse- gloveia (Schismatoglottideae, Araceae) from Imbak Canyon, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 71: 157 - 161.