Piptospatha

Piptospatha
Piptospatha ridleyi [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Schismatoglottideae
Genus:	Piptospatha N.E.Br. (1879)

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 includes three species native to Borneo. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

• Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak
• Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak
• Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat

References

1. Joseph Hooker - Piptospatha ridleyi from Curtis Bot Magazine vol 121 t. 7410 (1895)
2. Piptospatha N.E.Br. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 13 May 2024.
3. 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.
4. Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2012). The Araceae of Indomalaya II: Piptospatha N.E.Br.. Malayan Nature Journal 64: 9-32.
5. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-485-7.