Alocasia puteri

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 941

Alocasia puteri A.Hay

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Kunak, Madai Caves ; 04°43′45″N, 118°08′E; 400 m elev.; 25 April 1996, A. Hay 12178 (K, L) .

Identification. Alocasia puteri occurs together with and in the same habitat as A. pangeran and can be differen- tiated by the bright green leaf colour (unusual for this species group), the broader posterior lobes, more upright petiole, a tendency for the leaves to be peltate in subadult plants, and by lacking a sterile interstice of the appendix ( Hay 1998).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Known only from Madai Caves where it is uncommon. In soil pockets on limestone outcrops and boulders in mixed lowland dipterocarp forest, at ca. 400 m elev.