Aia tseui

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Aia tseui
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Aia
S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
Species:
A. tseui
Binomial name
Aia tseui
(S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
Synonyms [1]

Schismatoglottis tseuiS.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce

Aia tseui is a species of flowering plant in the arum family, Araceae. It is the sole species in genus Aia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Malaysia's Sarawak state in northern Borneo. [1]

The plant was first described as Schismatoglottis tseui by Sin Yeng Wong and Peter Charles Boyce in 2014. In 2024 Wong and Boyce placed the species in the newly described monotypic genus Aia as Aia tseui. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aia tseui (S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  2. Sin Yeng, W., & Boyce, P. C. (2024). Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo LXXVII — Circumscribing Schismatoglottis sensu stricto, and seven new genera. Webbia, 79(2), 255–289. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-16015