Pothos kinabaluensis Furtado

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 956-957

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF8-4E30-7130-F95D8475C8C4
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Pothos kinabaluensis Furtado
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Pothos kinabaluensis Furtado View in CoL

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pantai Barat • Kinabalu, Mts. At Tenompok , ca. 5000 ft elev. (leg. Furtado, comm. Clemens sub. N. 29,155) (holo SING) .

Identification. The species is related to P. lancifolius Hook. f., but differentiated by the sessile spadix, and by the much larger leaf blades with three collective veins, the longer petiole, and the wider petiolar sheath ( Furtado 1935). This foliage is very similar to that of P. insignis , but the latter has a unique flowering architecture (P.C. Boyce, pers. comm.).

Distribution and ecology. This species in endemic

to Sabah. Known from its type locality at Tenompok. Mixed dipterocarp forest on slopes, ridges and streambanks on clay, sandstone, and shale.