Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo)
Author
Wong, Sin Yeng
Author
Joling, Jyloerica
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Check List
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Pothos brevistylus
Engl.
Material
examined.
MALAYSIA
–
Pedalaman
•
Beaufort
,
Klias Forest Reserve
;
05°17′47″N
,
115°37′50″E
;
20 July 1993
;
Dewol
&
Karim
SAN
77798
(
SAN
)
–
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
)
•
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
)
•
same locality;
12 December 1990
;
W. Meijer
&
Dewol
SAN 131635
(
SAN
)
–
Tawau
•
Lahad Datu
,
Segama River Forest Reserve
;
04°57′42″N
,
117°49′57″E
;
17 March 1985
;
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
)
•
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.