Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo)
Author
Wong, Sin Yeng
Author
Joling, Jyloerica
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.931
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10.15560/17.3.931
1809-127X
Homalomena vagans
P.C.Boyce
Material
examined.
MALAYSIA
–
Sandakan
•
Beluran
,
Bidu-Bidu Forest Reserve
;
05°45′04′′N
,
117°18′36′′E
;
23 March 2009
;
Suzana S.
SAN 150389
(
SAN
)
•
Kinabatangan
,
Maliau Basin
,
Maliau Basin Field station
;
04° 44′09.5″N
,
116°58′36.8″E
;
17 April 1996
;
A. Hay
12106 (
SAN
)
.
Identification.
The lithophytic habit, creeping stem, and narrow leaf blades is distinctive for the species. The infructescence peduncle in
H. vagans
is unusual in the genus in its erect, not drooping habit (
Boyce 1994
).
Distribution and ecology.
Steep banks near river in primary lowland mixed dipterocarp forest on Setap shale formation;
65 m
.