Apoballis

Apoballis
Apoballis mutata botanical drawing, 1912
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Schismatoglottideae
Genus:	Apoballis Schott

Apoballis is a genus of plants in the Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, primarily the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, ^{[1] [2]} and northwards to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar and eastwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. ^[3] Some authorities regard this group as part of the larger genus Schismatoglottis . ^[4]

Species

As of December 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 14 species: ^[3]

• Apoballis acuminatissima (Schott) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis belophylla (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis brevipes (Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
• Apoballis grandiflora (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis hastifolia (Hallier f. ex Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis javanica (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Java
• Apoballis linguiformis (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Apoballis longicaulis (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis mutata (Scort. ex Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
• Apoballis okadae (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis ovata (Schott) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
• Apoballis ridleyana (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Apoballis rupestris (Zoll. & Moritzi) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor
• Apoballis sagittifolia (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 254 (2010).
3. "Apoballis Schott". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
4. 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.