Sciaphila maculata
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Description
Erect herb, c. 3-16 cm high, mostly simple, sometimes branched at the base.
Leaves oblong, acuminate to acute, c. 1-2.5 by 0.5-0.9 mm, sometimes semi-amplexicaul, appressed, but top often patent.
Stamens 3, c. 0.2 mm;
Stamens 3, very rarely 2, c. 0.2-0.3 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Malaya present, NE. part present
Malesia: Malaya (all parts), Borneo (Sarawak), New Guinea (NE. part).
Notes
When fresh plant wine-red, crimson or dark-purplish red; flowers red or purplish red.
It is possible to distinguish between S. maculata (incl. S. minuta) and S. affinis (incl. S. hermaphrodita and S. decipiens) because male flowers are absent in the latter. In the Identification List such specimens have been marked (f). In my opinion, all are conspecific.
I did not see the types of S. affinis and S. decipiens, but GIESEN, who did, thought them to be con-specific.
It is possible to distinguish between S. maculata (incl. S. minuta) and S. affinis (incl. S. hermaphrodita and S. decipiens) because male flowers are absent in the latter. In the Identification List such specimens have been marked (f). In my opinion, all are conspecific.
I did not see the types of S. affinis and S. decipiens, but GIESEN, who did, thought them to be con-specific.
Citation
ENGL 1889: p. 238. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 1: f. 179: A-F
GIESEN 1938: p. 39. – In: Pfl. R. Heft: f. 7: 1-3
VIDAL 1886: Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip.: 282
BECC. 1890 – In: Malesia: 331
HEND. 1954: Mal. Wild Fl. (Monoc.): 203: f. 121
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 232
MIERS 1852 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 48
J.J. SMITH 1927 – In: Nova Guinea: 325
Ridl. 1900 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 197
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 37
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 68
BACK. & BAKH. 1968 – In: F. Fl. Java: 8
BECC. 1915 – In: J. Fed. Mal. St. Mus.: 188
SCHNIZL. 1860–1867 – In: Iconographia: pl. 57: f. 27, 28
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 38
MIERS 1851 – In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.: 324
STEEN. 1934 – In: Trop. Natuur: 51
F.v.M. 1860 – In: Walp., Ann. 5: 917
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 364
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 37
GIESEN 1938: p. 38. – In: Pfl. R. Heft: f. 7: 9-10
BTH. 1855 – In: Hook., J. Bot. Kew Misc. 7: 10
BECC. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 126
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 28