Pothos brevistylus Engl.

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 955-956

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF9-4E33-7130-F957842DCA43

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scientific name

Pothos brevistylus Engl.
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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Beaufort, Klias Forest Reserve ; 05°17′47″N, 115°37′50″E; 20 July 1993; Dewol & Karim SAN 77798 ( SAN) GoogleMaps Sandakan • Kinabatangan, Bukit Garam, Sungai PSN, Block 13; 05°29′25″N, 117°49′38″E; 14 December 1990; Shim Phyau Soon SAN 131673 (K, SAN) GoogleMaps Kinabatangan, Pin- Supu Forest Reserve, Batu Puteh , Tulug Hill ; 05°25′14″N, 117°56′25″E; 8 June 1996; S. P. Lim 626 ( SAN) GoogleMaps same locality; 12 December 1990; W. Meijer & Dewol SAN 131635 ( SAN) GoogleMaps Tawau • Lahad Datu, Segama River Forest Reserve ; 04°57′42″N, 117°49′57″E; 17 March 1985 GoogleMaps ;

Leopold M. & Ismail SAN 108602 ( SAN) Tawau, Luasong Camp; 04°23′59″N, 117°53′21″E; 11 July 1985; Leo- pold M. SAN 107943 ( SAN) GoogleMaps Tawau, Tawau Hills Park, Bombalai Hill; 22 October 1985; Leopold M. & Sigin SAN 111552 ( SAN) .

Identification. Pothos brevistylus belongs to the Oxyphyllus group and endemic to North Borneo ( Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak). Pothos brevistylus approaches Pothos laurifolius P.C.Boyce & A.Hay ( Brunei) but can be separated from its leaves, sessile stigma, spathe and synflorescences ( Boyce and Hay 2001).

Distribution and ecology. Southwestern, northeastern, and eastern Sabah. Lowland forest on shale, slopes, and ridges, rarely in peatswamp, 20-80 m elev.

SAN

Forest Research Centre

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Pothos

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