Epipremnum pinnatum

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 950

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF2-4E39-72B2-FF6D8710CB7A
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scientific name	Epipremnum pinnatum
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Epipremnum pinnatum View in CoL (L.) Engl.

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Kudat • Pulau Balambangan, Southern peninsula end, northern face; 04° 56′35″N, 117°36′25″E; 10 April 1977; collector unknown, SAN 85522 ( SAN) GoogleMaps – Tawau • Sipadan Island , forest trail along trail from northwest of the island to the southern tip of the island; 04°06′55″N, 118°37′43″E; 14 October 1993; K.M. Wong, Berhaman & Suin K. M. Wong 2539 ( SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Epipremnum pinnatum can be distinguished from the superficially similar Raphidophora korthalsii by its primary lateral vein, stem, feeding root, pre-adult stage, the fertile stage (the style apex and the shape of the stigma) and its fruits ( Boyce 1998).

Distribution and ecology. Widespread. Primary and secondary dense to open lowland to upper hill rain and monsoonal forest, weeds of rubber plantation, growing occasionally on rocks and in coastal forest, on a variety of substrate including granite, andesite and limestone; 1–1600 m elev.