Amorphophallus tinekeae Hett.

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 945

Amorphophallus tinekeae Hett. & A.Vogel

Figure 3D

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Location unknown; cult. in Leiden Botanical Garden, original collection A. Vogel 950012; 5 April 1997; Hetterscheid H.A.M. 477 (holo L, spirit collection).

Identification. Amorphophallus tinekeae is a member of a group of exclusively Bornean species and most closely resembles A. borneensis Engl. & Gehrm. , from which it differs by having a consistently short peduncle, strongly zygomorphic stigmas, and a rather narrow appendix ( Hetterscheid and van der Ham 2001).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Known from the type locality in Gomantong Caves on karst limestone.