Alocasia principiculus

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 941

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFEB-4E20-7130-FE448300CBB8
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Alocasia principiculus
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Alocasia principiculus View in CoL A.Hay

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Sandakan • Gomantong Cave ; [05°31′52″N, 118°04′17″E]; 15.24 m (50 ft.) elev.; 27 September 1948; Austin Cuadra A. 1489 (isotype, SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Alocasia principiculus differs from all the A. princeps complex in its small overall size, greygreen, thin, leathery leaves, relatively long peduncles, and the male zone is held entirely within the lower spathe chamber ( Hay 1998).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Borneo: Sabah and East Kalimantan. Confined to limestone; growing in soil pockets on limestone outcrops and boulders under mixed lowland dipterocarp forest, at ca. 600 m elev.