Description
Leaves basal, much longer than the stems, plicate to flat, long- attenuated, with scabrid margins, 5-10 mm wide, surrounded at the base by brown, fibrous remains of old leaf-sheaths.
Distribution
Annam present, Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Mt Tahan present, Pahang present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present), Tonkin present
Formosa, Indo-China (Annam, ?Tonkin); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Pahang: Mt Tahan).
Citation
Akiyama 1955: Car. Far East. Reg. Asia: 178. t. 179
Ohwi 1936 – In: Mem. Coll. Sc. Kyoto Imp. Un. p 345
Nelmes 1951 – In: Reinwardtia. p 366
Raym. 1959 – In: Mem. Jard. Bot. Montreal. p 65
