Resumen de Studies on Schismatoglottideae (Araceae) of Borneo XXXIX: Schismatoglottis persistens, a new rhizomatous rheophytic species for the Schismatoglottis Multiflora Group open access

Sin Yeng Wong, Peter C. Boyce

• A new rheophytic species of Schismatoglottis, S. persistens S. Y. Wong & P. C. Boyce is described from Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. It is remarkable in the genus by the combination of a creeping, rooting, rhizome-like stem and persistent ligules at the tip of the petiolar sheath.