Stachyphrynium repens ( Körnicke 1862: 103 ) K.Schum.

Niissalo, Matti A., Khew, Gillian S., Webb, Edward L. & Leong-Škorničková, Jana, 2016, Notes on Singaporean native Zingiberales II: revision of Marantaceae, with a new generic record and notes on naturalised and commonly cultivated exotic species, Phytotaxa 289 (3), pp. 201-224 : 221

Stachyphrynium repens ( Körnicke 1862: 103) K.Schum. , continental tropical Asia

This small species can be found planted in Singapore as a ground cover in shaded areas. It bears superficial similarity to Stachyphrynium parvum , but has distinct striation of the leaves, not unlike the much larger Phrynium villosulum . Fig. 8C .

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FIGURE 8. Cultivated species. A–B. Pleiostachya pruinosa. C. Stachyphrynium repens. D. Stromanthe sanguinea ‘Tricolor’. E–F. Thalia dealbata. G–H. Thalia geniculata. (Photos: Jana Leong-Škorničková)