Piptospatha Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326001-2 Piptospatha N.E.Br.
2. 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.
3. Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2012). The Araceae of Indomalaya II: Piptospatha N.E.Br.. Malayan Nature Journal 64: 9-32.
4. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .