Description

Flowering Piptospatha loi most closely resembles P. pileata S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce by the deep magenta-purple strongly rostrate spathe limb. However, P. loi is readily differentiated by the spathe basally with a prominent ventral mentum, by the larger, centrally impressed interstice staminodes held in a zone wider than the remainder of the spadix, the stamens irregularly arranged (not carried in two rows), and the proportionately longer staminate flower zone. The leaves of P. loi are only c. half as long as those of P. pileata, and much narrower; the entire plant is seldom exceeding 15 cm.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

Genus: Rhynchopyle

Species: Piptospatha loi P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong