Schismatoglottis ferruginea Merr.

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 964

Schismatoglottis ferruginea Merr.

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Tambunan, Sunsuron, KM45 jalan Tambunan-Penampang ; 05°46′48″N, 116°20′43″E; 1300 m elev.; 23 August 1989; Asik Mantor SAN 127890 ( SAN) – Sandakan • Sandakan, Pinangah, Ulu Sungai Melikop ; 05°05′46″N, 116° 36′33″E; 152.4 m (500 ft.) elev.; 1 June 1985; Dewol et al. SAN 109270 ( SAN) • Sandakan, Tongod, Maliau Valley , Agathis Camp ; 04°50′56″N, 116°50′28″E; 450- 500 m elev.; 13 July 2001; Pereira J. T., Postar, de Wilde et al. SAN 144373 ( SAN) • Sandakan ; [05°51′19″N, 117°53′04″E]; 40 m elev.; September 1920; M. Ramos 1675 (L) • Tongod, Imbak, Pinangah Forest Reserve ; 05°10′29′′N, 117°09′13′′E; 213.36 m elev.; 14 June 2000; Pius et al. SAN 142899 (K, KEP, NSW, SAN) – Tawau • Tawau, Bukit Quion, Teck Guan Cocoa Plantation ; 04°24′47″N, 118°01′12″E; 150 m elev.; 7 December 2003; P. C. Boyce, J. Linton & A. Surat AR 201.1 ( SAR) .

Identification. Schismatoglottis ferruginea is similar to Schismatoglottis barbata Engl. ( Sarawak) in the coarsely hairy petiole and the leaf shape tending to be widest distal to midway along the midrib. Both species differs in the not tufted habit, larger size, the distinctly cordate leaf blade base, the hairy and relatively long peduncle, the slender hairy spathe constricted near the base and, presumably from the shape of the spathe, the more or narrowly tapering spadix ( Hay and Yuzammi 2000).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Lithophytic in sandstone crevices by riverbanks or in secondary forest near streams at low elevation. On boulders and terrestrial on rather dry slopes in mixed lowland forest at low elevations.