Bucephalandra

Bucephalandra
1858 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Bucephalandra
Schott 1858
Synonyms[2]

Microcasia Becc.

Bucephalandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. There are 30 species of Bucephalandra which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce.[3][4][5] Most of the species are found in Borneo.[3] Bucephalandra are usually found growing as dense mats over stones or rocks in streams or rivers in moist tropical forest.[3][6]

  1. ^ Josef Seboth. Litography: O. Sommer (artist) - Genera Aroidearum exposita by Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. Vindobonae: Typis Caroli Ueberreuter
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b c Yeng, Wong Sin; Boyce, Peter C. (2014-08-02). "Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XXX — New species and combinations for Bucephalandra" (PDF). Willdenowia. 44 (2): 149–199. doi:10.3372/wi.44.44201. ISSN 0511-9618. S2CID 86523382.
  4. ^ Yeng, Wong Sin; Boyce, Peter C. (2014-12-05). "Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XXXXI: Additional new species of Bucephalandra" (PDF). Willdenowia. 44 (3): 415–421. doi:10.3372/wi.44.44312. ISSN 0511-9618. S2CID 86281226.
  5. ^ Wong, Sin Yeng; Boyce, Peter C. "Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo LVII: Bucephalandra filiformis – a new species from Maligan, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo" (PDF). Aroideana. 39: 56–60 – via aroid.org.
  6. ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.