Ooia Explained

Ooia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, formally described in 2010.^[1] It has two known species, both endemic to the island of Borneo.^{[2] [3]}

1. Ooia grabowskii (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Borneo (syn= Rhynchopyle grabowskii Engl., Piptospatha grabowskii (Engl.) Engl.)
2. Ooia kinabaluensis (Bogner) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sabah, Brunei (syn= Hottarum kinabaluense Bogner, Piptospatha kinabaluensis (Bogner) Bogner & A.Hay)

Notes and References

1. S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 545 (2010).
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=463678 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.