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]

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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piptospatha
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