Skip to content
Piptospatha

Piptospatha · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online

EntityQ2917023· pop 12· linked from 2 articles

Piptospatha

Sign in to save

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo. Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAlismatales
  5. FamilyAraceae
Native toBorneo
Observations recorded92

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Wikidata facts

Show 3 more facts
taxon name
Piptospatha
Commons category
Piptospatha
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

1 sections
Contents
  • References

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo. Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat

==References==

Connections

Categories