Homalomena kinabaluensis Furtado

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 951

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466235
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF5-4E3E-72B2-FE01878ECBB8
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Homalomena kinabaluensis Furtado
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Homalomena kinabaluensis Furtado View in CoL

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Kudat • Pitas, Paitan, Hutan Simpan Paitan ; 06°42′30″N, 117°9′30″E; 14 May 1987; George & Amin K., SAN 121273 ( SAN) GoogleMaps – Sandakan • Tongod, Imbak ; 05°10′29′′N, 117°09′13′′E; 213.36 m elev.; 14 June 2000; SAN 142898 ( SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Homalomena kinabaluensis is a high-altitude ultrabasic-associated species and is unusual in the genus by having the spathe and peduncle deep purple and is one of rather few ultrabasic-obligated aroids described to date ( Kartini et al. 2015a).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. High-elevation, ultrabasic-obligated.