Tawaia sabahensis S. Y. Wong & P. C. Boyce

Tawaia sabahensis (S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce Material examined. MALAYSIA – Sandakan • Tongod, Gunung Tingkar; 05°18′00″N, 117°07′45″E; 167.64 m elev.; 24 August 1992; K. M. Wong & Joseph Radin WKM 2215 (SAN). Identification. Tawaia sabahensis is the only species in Tawaia and is unique by the combination of globose thecae and spathulate interpistillar staminodes. In overall aspect, by the nodding spathe on a long, slender peduncle, and by the spathe limb hardly opening at pistillate anthesis and deliquescing acroscopically, spathe recurved and abscises, re... Mehr ...