Schismatoglottis wongii

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 967

Schismatoglottis wongii A.Hay

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pantai Barat • Penampang, Moyog, along road between Kota Kinabalu and Tambunan, 21 miles SE of Kota Kinabalu, W slopes of Crocker Range; 05°50′N, 116°14′E; 460 m elev.; 26 Septem- ber 1981; T. B. Croat 53111 ( SAR, MO) – Sandakan • Sandakan, Ulu Dusun, 05°47′05″N, 117°45′50″E; 1 March 1995; A. Hay 10026 (K) • Sandakan, Sepilok Forest Reserve, cultivated at glasshouse at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney; 05°49′36″N, 117°57′04″E; 23 April 1996; A. Hay 12154 ( SAN) – Tawau • Tawau, Bukit Quoin, Teck Guan Cocoa Plantation; 05°18′14″N, 118°44′45″E; 150 m elev.; 7 Decem- ber 2003; P. C. Boyce, J. Linton & A. Surat AR 200 ( SAR). Identification. Previously it was only known from the type locality in Sepilok Forest Reserve. Schismatoglottis wongii is similar in habit to Schismatoglottis longispatha W.Bull but differs in the cordate leaf base and dimer- ous anthers. Schismatoglottis wongii have horticultural potential as ormentals especially variegiated forms of Schismatoglottis wongi ( Hay and Yuzammi 2000) .

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Forming dense clonal carpets sometimes several metres across on the floor of mixed lowland dipterocarp forest at low elevation.