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Piptospatha
Genus of flowering plants
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
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- Piptospatha.png by Joseph Hooker (d. 1911), Public domain
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