taxonID	type	description	language	source
972687EE893BFF88FF25F8BB4457FA99.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Hainan: Changjiang [ēȗ 县], Wangxia [ƚ 下乡], Huangdidong [ffi ṣfi], in the area of limestone and rocks, 276 m, 15 th Aug. 2023, Qing L. Wang 2023081576 (holotype BAZI!, isotypes PE!, KUN!, CSH!, ATCH!). Perennial herb, underground part a short tuberous rhizome, ca. 0.8 – 1.0 cm in length, 0.6 – 0.8 cm in diam., producing annual offsets. Leaf petiole to 4 – 10 cm in length, 0.8 – 1.5 mm in diam., smooth, pale green; blade elliptic-ovate to ovate-cordate, 2 – 6 × 0.9 – 4.7 cm, entire, base cordate, top acute or ovate, pale green abaxially, green adaxially. Inflorescence simultaneous with developing leaves or after leaf development, peduncle to 2 – 3 cm in length, 1.0 – 1.8 mm in diam., pale green. Spathe 3 – 4 cm in length, base and limb separated by a constriction; base broadly ovate, convolute, ca. 0.8 cm in length, 0.5 – 0.8 cm in diam., smooth, pale green to pale purple; limb narrowly elongate triangular, acute, 2.2 – 3.0 cm in length, base widened to ca. 0.8 – 1.0 cm, upper part slightly arching forward, outside pale purple or purplish pink, inside whitish. Spadix longer than spathe, 6 – 8 cm long; female zone shortly conical, 0.5 – 1.0 mm in length, consisting of 2 whorls of congested flowers; sterile part 4 – 5 mm in length, with only 1 whorl of neuter flower at base, remaining part naked, smooth, white to pale purple; male zone cylindric to globose, 1.0 – 1.5 mm in length, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., flowers congested; appendix filiform, 4 – 6 cm, 1.5 mm in diam., top acute, brownish purple to pale purple, base truncate, stipitate, stipe 2.5 – 4.0 mm long, ca. 1 mm in diam., purple to pale purple. Ovaries elongate, slightly obconical, ca. 0.3 mm long, ca. 0.2 mm in diam., unilocular, uni-ovulate, white, stigma sessile, pale purple or white. Anthers butterfly-shaped, yellow; staminodes solitary or 2 or 3 fused with their bases, ca. 0.3 mm in length, ca. 0.2 mm in diam., subglobose to slightly angulate, top tapering, surface minutely verruculate, yellow to orange. Berries elliptic, 3 mm in length, 2 mm in diam., one-seeded. Seeds obconic, ca. 2 mm., yellowish orange. Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — CHINA. Yunnan: Cultivated in Bazi Botanical Garden, Yu’er Wang [ƚã 儿] 652 (BAZI!, in spirit); Hainan: Changjiang [ēȗ 县], Wangxia [ƚ 下乡], Hongshui [DZAEffl], 272 m, on rocks and stone walls of roadside, Qing L. Wang 2023081577 (IBSC!); Changjiang [ēȗ 县], Qing L. Wang 2011080706, 889 m (ATCH); Changjiang [ēȗ 县], Wangxia [ƚ 下乡], Huangdidong [ffi ṣfi], 271 m, 9 th Sept. 2021, Qing L. Wang 2021090966 (PE!).	en	Li, Yi F., Wang, Qing L. (2024): Typhonium parvum (Araceae), a new species of Hainan Island, China. Phytotaxa 663 (3): 140-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3
972687EE893BFF88FF25F8BB4457FA99.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitats: — Known only from Hainan Island, South China, in cracks of limestone and rocks, altitude 276 – 889 m. The living tuber of type individual cultivated at Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (Danzhou, Hainan, China) and Bazi Botanical Garden (Mengzi, Yunnan, China). Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting from August to October. The leaves wilt in November and the tuber divides into a few small tubers with young shoots. Flowering and fruiting from April to October when in cultivation.	en	Li, Yi F., Wang, Qing L. (2024): Typhonium parvum (Araceae), a new species of Hainan Island, China. Phytotaxa 663 (3): 140-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3
972687EE893BFF88FF25F8BB4457FA99.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Typhonium parvum is named for having a small-sized inflorescence consisted of the smallest neuter flowers in the genus. Its Chinese vernacular name is proposed as “ 小ë头尖 ” (pinyin: Xiǎo Lítóujiān).	en	Li, Yi F., Wang, Qing L. (2024): Typhonium parvum (Araceae), a new species of Hainan Island, China. Phytotaxa 663 (3): 140-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.663.3.3
