Exorhopala ruficeps

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Exorhopala ruficeps

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Description

Dioecious plant (inflorescences unisexual) with yellow to orange brown or rose colours. Inflorescence 3-5(-10) cm long, 2-3 cm ø incl. of bracts, rose pink, covered by the conical top parts of marginally cohering, peltate bracts.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Penang present, Penara Bukit present, Perak present, Thaiping Hills present
Malesia: Penang (Penara Bukit) and Malay Peninsula (Perak: Thaiping Hills), very rarely collected. .

Notes

Distinguished from Rhopalocnemis by its yellowish-reddish colours, horizontally spreading tubers, and exogenous origin of the spadices.

Citation

Ridl. 1924: p. 176. – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: f. 150
HARMS 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: 324
HANSEN 1972: p. 147. – In: Bot. Tidsskr.: f. 1 (map).