Rhopalocnemis phalloides
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Description
Monoecious or dioecious plants (inflorescences bisexual or unisexual respectively) with yellowish to brownish colours.
Inflorescence 7-20 cm long, 3-7½ cm ø.
Flowers sessile, surrounded by numerous supporting hairs, which produce nectar.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Maluku (Maluku present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Buru present, E. Himalaya present
E. Himalaya, Indo-China, in Malesia: Sumatra, Java, Celebes, and Moluccas (Buru). .
Notes
Readily distinguished from Exorhopala by its yellowish to brownish colours, large, thick tubers, and endogenously originating stems.
Citation
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 173
Hook.f. 1886 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 239
LOTSY 1901: pp. 76-101. – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg: t. 3-14
HANSEN 1972: p. 146. – In: Bot. Tidsskr.: f. 1 (map).
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 5-3
GOEPP. 1847: p. 149. – In: Nov. Act. Ac. Caes. Leop.-Car.: t. 11-15
CORNER & WATAN. 1969: Ill. Trop. Pl.: 78
HARMS 1935: p. 323. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: f. 163
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1066
STEEN. 1934 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 176
JACOBSON 1917: p. 138. – In: Trop. Natuur: f. 10
KANJILAL et al. 1940 – In: Fl. Assam: 133
Hook.f. 1856: 31, 52. – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: t. 12
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 79
JUNGH. 1934: p. 49. – In: Trop. Natuur: f. 7
EICHL. 1873 – In: DC., Prod. 17: 138
Engl. 1889: p. 260. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: f. 165A-E