Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 955

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466241
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF9-4E32-72B2-FCA78552CDF0
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta
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Pothos atropurpurascens M.Hotta View in CoL

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pantai Barat • Ranau, Mount Kinabalu, Penibukan ; 06°05′30″N, 116° 32′45″E; 16 January 1933; Clemens & Clemens 31126 (A) GoogleMaps – Sandakan • Telupid-Ranau Road, Mile 8 Telupid Ranau Road ; [05°39′24″N, 117°04′15″E]; 22 March 1974; Aban & Saikeh SAN 79445 ( SAN) GoogleMaps • Sandakan, Sepilok Forest Reserve ; [05°49′36″N, 117°57′04″E]; 22 April 1960; W. Meijer SAN 21234 ( SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Pothos atropurpurascens belongs to subgenus Allopothos, the Barberianus group where the species are characterized by thickened, often sharply deflexed long peduncles and often cucullate, somewhat leathery spathes ( Boyce 2000).

Distribution and ecology. Northwest and northeastern Sabah. Primary to disturbed secondary lowland to upper hill forest, occasionally on ultramafics, 125–1230 m elev.