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| Schottarum inconspicuum S.Y.Wong, & P.C.Boyce, in Wong & Boyce, 2022. |
Abstract
Schottarum inconspicuum S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, is described as a new species from the easten part of the Rejang Basin, taking the genus to three species. All are illustrated from living plants. A distribution map is provided.
Keywords: Schottarum, Rejang Basin, Borneo, shales
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| Schottarum inconspicuum (A) Plants in habitat. (B) Bloom at staminate anthesis. Leaf blade abaxial surface showing the fine venation. (C) Spadix at staminate anthesis, spathe artificially removed. (D) Detail of staminate zone with pollen shed in fine dense strings. All from AR-117. |
Schottarum inconspicuum S.Y.Wong, & P.C.Boyce, sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Schottarum inconspicuum differs from both S. josefii and S. sarikeense by the fusiform (vs bluntly conic)spadix appendix equalling (vs about half as long as) the staminate floret zone, by the pistillate floret zone being about one third free (vs fully adnate or at most only slightly free from the spathe), and the much smaller and more densely congested pale green pistillate florets.
Etymology: From Latin, inconspicuus (neuter inconspicuum), unremarkable – in allusion to the small and easily over-looked plants.
Wong Sin Yeng and Peter C. Boyce. 2022. Schismatoglottideae of Borneo LXXII – A New Species of Schottarum (Araceae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Webbia. Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography. 77(1); 145-152. DOI: 10.36253/jopt-12176 Researchgate.net/publication/360079701_Schismatoglottideae_of_Borneo_LXXII_-_A_new_species_of_Schottarum_from_Sarawak