Homalomena Explained

Homalomena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Homalomena are found in southern Asia and the southwestern Pacific.[1] [2] [3] Many Homalomena have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as, meaning flat, and mene = moon.

The plants of this genus are clump-forming evergreen perennials with mainly heart-shaped or arrowheaded shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny and without petals, enclosed in a usually greenish spathe hidden by the leaves.[4]

Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of Homalomena to Adelonema.[5] [6] [7] [1] [8]

Species[1]
  1. Homalomena adiensis A.Hay – western New Guinea
  2. Homalomena aeneifolia Alderw. – Sulawesi
  3. Homalomena agens Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce – Kalimantan Timur
  4. Homalomena ardua P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong – Sarawak
  5. Homalomena argentea Ridl. – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
  6. Homalomena aromatica (Spreng.) Schott – Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina
  7. Homalomena asmae Baharuddin & P.C.Boyce – Perak
  8. Homalomena asperifolia Alderw. – Sumatra
  9. Homalomena atroviridis Engl. & K.Krause – Papua New Guinea
  10. Homalomena atrox P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih – Sarawak
  11. Homalomena batoeensis Engl. - Sumatra
  12. Homalomena bellula Schott - Java
  13. Homalomena burkilliana Ridl. - Sumatra
  14. Homalomena clandestina P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
  15. Homalomena cochinchinensis Engl. - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong
  16. Homalomena confusa Furtado - Peninsular Malaysia
  17. Homalomena consobrina (Schott) Engl. - Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra
  18. Homalomena cordata Schott - Java, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  19. Homalomena corneri Furtado - Jahore
  20. Homalomena cristata Alderw. - Sumatra
  21. Homalomena curtisii Ridl. - Perak
  22. Homalomena curvata Engl. - Melaka
  23. Homalomena davidiana A.Hay - New Guinea
  24. Homalomena debilicrista Y.C.Hoe - Sarawak
  25. Homalomena distans Ridl. - New Guinea
  26. Homalomena doctersii Alderw. - Sumatra
  27. Homalomena elegans Engl. - Sumatra
  28. Homalomena elegantula A.Hay & Hersc. - Sumatra
  29. Homalomena expedita A.Hay & Hersc. - Sarawak
  30. Homalomena gadutensis M.Hotta - Sumatra
  31. Homalomena gaudichaudii Schott - New Guinea, Maluku, Philippines
  32. Homalomena giamensis L.S.Tung, S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  33. Homalomena gillii Furtado - Sabah
  34. Homalomena griffithii (Schott) Hook.f. - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  35. Homalomena hainanensis H.Li - Hainan
  36. Homalomena hanneae P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
  37. Homalomena hastata M.Hotta - Sumatra
  38. Homalomena havilandii Ridl. - Sabah, Sarawak
  39. Homalomena hendersonii Furtado - Kelantan
  40. Homalomena hooglandii A.Hay - New Guinea
  41. Homalomena humilis (Jack) Hook.f. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra
  42. Homalomena impudica Hersc. & A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
  43. Homalomena insignis N.E.Br. - Borneo
  44. Homalomena jacobsiana A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
  45. Homalomena josefii P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  46. Homalomena kalkmanii A.Hay - New Guinea
  47. Homalomena kelungensis Hayata - Taiwan
  48. Homalomena kiahii Furtado - Kelantan
  49. Homalomena korthalsii Furtado - Borneo
  50. Homalomena kualakohensis Zulhazman, P.C.Boyce & Mashhor - Peninsular Malaysia
  51. Homalomena lancea Ridl. - Sarawak
  52. Homalomena lancifolia Hook.f. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  53. Homalomena latifrons Engl. - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  54. Homalomena lauterbachii Engl. - New Guinea
  55. Homalomena lindenii (Rodigas) Ridl. - New Guinea
  56. Homalomena longipes Merr - Sumatra
  57. Homalomena magna A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
  58. Homalomena major Griff. - Peninsular Malaysia
  59. Homalomena matangae Y.C.Hoe, S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  60. Homalomena megalophylla M.Hotta - Sumatra
  61. Homalomena melanesica A.Hay - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
  62. Homalomena metallica (N.E.Br.) Engl. - Borneo
  63. Homalomena minor Griff. - Peninsular Malaysia
  64. Homalomena minutissima M.Hotta - Brunei
  65. Homalomena monandra M.Hotta - Sumatra
  66. Homalomena montana Furtado - Peninsular Malaysia
  67. Homalomena nathanielii S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Singapore
  68. Homalomena nigrescens (Schott) Engl. - Sumatra
  69. Homalomena nutans Hook.f. - Kelantan, Nicobar Islands
  70. Homalomena obovata Ridl. - Sumatra
  71. Homalomena obscurifolia Alderw. - Borneo
  72. Homalomena occulta (Lour.) Schott - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan
  73. Homalomena ovalifolia (Schott) Ridl. - Borneo
  74. Homalomena ovata Engl. - Borneo
  75. Homalomena padangensis M.Hotta - Sumatra
  76. Homalomena palawanensis Engl. - Palawan
  77. Homalomena peekelii Engl. - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
  78. Homalomena pendula (Blume) Bakh.f. - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands
  79. Homalomena philippinensis Engl. - Philippines, Lan Yü Islands of Taiwan
  80. Homalomena pineodora Sulaiman & P.C.Boyce - Perak
  81. Homalomena pontederifolia Griff. ex Hook.f. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  82. Homalomena producta A.Hay - New Guinea
  83. Homalomena pseudogeniculata P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Brunei, Sarawak
  84. Homalomena pulleana Engl. & K.Krause - western New Guinea
  85. Homalomena punctulata Engl. - Brunei, Sarawak
  86. Homalomena pyrospatha Bogner - Sumatra
  87. Homalomena robusta Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
  88. Homalomena rubescens (Roxb.) Kunth. - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  89. Homalomena rusdii M.Hotta - Sumatra
  90. Homalomena sarawakensis Ridl. - Sarawak
  91. Homalomena saxorum (Schott) Engl. - Sumatra, Borneo
  92. Homalomena schlechteri Engl. - New Guinea
  93. Homalomena scortechinii Hook.f. - Peninsular Malaysia
  94. Homalomena sengkenyang P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
  95. Homalomena silvatica Alderw. - Sumatra
  96. Homalomena singaporensis Regel - Peninsular Malaysia
  97. Homalomena soniae A.Hay - New Guinea
  98. Homalomena steenisiana A.Hay - Papua New Guinea
  99. Homalomena stollei Engl. & K.Krause - New Guinea
  100. Homalomena striatieopetiolata P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak
  101. Homalomena subcordata Engl. - Sarawak
  102. Homalomena symplocarpifolia P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
  103. Homalomena tenuispadix Engl. - New Guinea
  104. Homalomena terajaensis S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Brunei
  105. Homalomena treubii Engl. - Borneo
  106. Homalomena truncata (Schott) Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  107. Homalomena vagans P.C.Boyce - Brunei, Sarawak
  108. Homalomena vietnamensis Bogner & V.D.Nguyen - Vietnam
  109. Homalomena vittifolia Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce - Sulawesi
  110. Homalomena vivens P.C.Boyce, S.Y.Wong & Fasih. - Sarawak
  111. Homalomena wallichii Schott - Pulau Pinang in Malaysia
  112. Homalomena wongii S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Brunei
  113. Homalomena zollingeri Schott - Java

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Notes and References

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  3. Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2009). Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo IV: Homalomena specimens in the herbarium Beccarianum-Malesia (FI-B) of the Museo di Storia Naturale - Sezione Botanica "F.Parlatore" dell'Università di Firenze. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 64: 169-173.
  4. Web site: Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 17, 千年健属 qian nian jian shu, Homalomena Schott in Schott & Endlicher, Melet. Bot. 20. 1832. . 2014-08-16 . 2013-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015060010/http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=115676 . live .
  5. Web site: Aroid genera . 2010-03-01 . 2010-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217022911/http://www.aroid.org/genera/generapage.php?genus=homalomena . live .
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