Homalomena simunii Kartini, P.C.Boyce, & S.Y.Wong

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 952

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.931
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03954319-FFF4-4E3F-72B2-F913852ACA2D
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scientific name	Homalomena simunii Kartini, P.C.Boyce, & S.Y.Wong
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Homalomena simunii Kartini, P.C.Boyce, & S.Y.Wong View in CoL

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Pensiangan, Sapulut Forest Reserve Gunung Maliat; 04° 23′00″N, 116°57′00″E; 1437 m elev.; 21 November 2006; Sugau et al. SAN 149526 ( SAN) GoogleMaps – Sandakan • Kinabatangan, Imbak Canyon Conservation Area ; 05°01′34″ N, 117°02′09″E; 389 m elev.; 1 December 2010; Suzana, S., Ubaldus, M. et al. SAN 152707 ( SAN) GoogleMaps – Tawau • Kalabakan, Gunung Rara , PSP 1, about 1 km from base camp; 04°58′26″N, 117°08′57″E; 214 m elev.; 11 March 2015; Suzana et al. SAN 156999 ( KEP, SAN) GoogleMaps .

Identification. Homalomena simunii differs from all other species in the genus by the semi-horizontal inflo- rescences, lax pistils, naked interstice between the staminate and pistillate flower zones and by being restricted to basalt ( Kartini et al. 2015a).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. Homalomena simunii occurs in lowland to lower hill evergreen perhumid forest on basalts at elevations between 200 and 390 m.