Alocasia cuprea (C.Koch & Bouché) C.Koch, 2000

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 939

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFE9-4E22-72B2-FCC9837CC8C4
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scientific name	Alocasia cuprea (C.Koch & Bouché) C.Koch
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Alocasia cuprea (C.Koch & Bouché) C.Koch View in CoL

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Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pendalaman • Sipitang, Long Hoare & Pengiran Mio , hill across river to E. of village, 04°26′04″N, 115°44′50″E; 13 September 2000; A. D. 295 ( SNP) GoogleMaps • Tenom, Rafflesia site, TBC, Mosolog river , trail to Rafflesia site; 05°17′04″N, 116°01′38″E; 640 m elev.; 18 February 2003, Yabainus J., Kinahim S., & Joseph KNP 17802 ( SNP) GoogleMaps • Tenom, Ulu Senagang, TBC, Ulu Senagang , Trail to Rafflesia Site ; 05°20′32″N, 116°01′53″E; 680 m elev.; 18 February 2003; Yabainus J., Kinahim S., & Joseph, SP 17818 ( SNP) GoogleMaps – Pantai Barat • Ranau, Kampung Bundu Tuhan, Kampung Himbaan , Telupak ; 05°57′26″N, 116°32′45″E; 8 January 1994; Doi- nis S., 689 ( SNP) GoogleMaps • Ranau, Kinabalu Park, Expidisi Mt. Tombuyukon , Wuluh Camp ; 06°05′30″N, 116°32′45″E; 400-500 m elev.; 9 October 2009, Yabainus J. KNP 17339 ( SNP) GoogleMaps • Ranau, Mount Kinabalu, Marai Parai , 06°05′30″N, 116°32′45″E; 610 m elev.; 1985; Argent G. C. G. Argent, s.n. (K) GoogleMaps • same locality, cultivated in glasshouse at Royal Botanic Gardens; Sydney ; 610 n elev; September 1996 - February 1998; C. Herscovitch s.n. (K, KEP L, SAN) GoogleMaps – Sandakan • Kinabatangan, Maliau Basin, Gunung Rara Forest Reserve , 2.5 KM above Maliau Falls ; 04°30′00″N, 116°45′00″E; 14 April 1996; A.Hay et al., A.Hay 12092 ( SAN) GoogleMaps – Tawau • Tawau, Ephilstone Province ; [04°18′00″N, 117°54′00″E]; October 1922 to March 1923; Elmer A. D. E. Elmer 20471 (L) GoogleMaps • Tawau, Tawau Hills Park , lowland garden; 04°24′04″N, 117°53′24″E; 250 m elv.; 18 January 2007; Yabainus J., KNP 13338 ( SNP) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Leaves of A. cuprea are subtended by two marcescent reddish brown cataphylls. The leaf blades are distinctive with bullate between the main veins, adaxially glossy bronze-green but abaxially deep purple. Alocasia cuprea has long been considered as one of the most spectacular and bizarre foliage plants in the genus and is a parent of several interspecific horticultural hybrids ( Hay 1998).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. On slopes in rain forest, over a wide variety of substrates including ultramafics and sandstone, ca. 40–1500 m elev.