Mapania kurzii
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Description
Leaves coriaceous, linear, with only the midnerve prominent beneath, and several very indistinct lateral nerves, hardly narrowed towards the conduplicate base, gradually attenuate to the very slender, triquetrous, aculeate-scabrous tip, densely aculeate-scabrous throughout the margins and on the upper part of the keel on the lower side, glaucous, up to 120 by (1-)2(-3) cm;
Inflorescence capitate, with 5-15 spikelets, 2-5 cm long and wide.
Flowers about as long as the glumes or slightly longer;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Thailand (Thailand present), Central Sumatra present, Malacca present, Negri Sembilan present, P. Penang present, Perak present, Selangor present, Taluk region present, W. Indragiri present
Thailand; in Malesia: Central Sumatra (W. Indragiri: Taluk region), widely distributed in the Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, P. Penang, Singapore).
Notes
Closely allied to M. palustris, but well characterized by the 1-nerved leaves, brown inflorescence, the ribbed bracts and glumes, and the narrow wings of the outermost flower scales. Very variable in width of the leaves, thickness and length of the scapes, and number and length of the spikelets. On the whole Perak specimens have long cylindrical spikelets, but some have them short. Penang specimens have mostly very slender scapes and few, rather short spikelets. The specimens with long cylindrical spikelets were separated as M. longispica RIDL., but there is no other difference with typical M. kurzii.
The name M. multispicata was intended by CLARKE as a new name for Pandanophyllum humile HASSK. ex STEUD., but published with a description drawn up from a specimen of M. kurzii (see Hypolytrum humile).
The name M. multispicata was intended by CLARKE as a new name for Pandanophyllum humile HASSK. ex STEUD., but published with a description drawn up from a specimen of M. kurzii (see Hypolytrum humile).
Citation
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 104
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 104
Clarke 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 172
Ridl. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 172
UITTIEN 1936 – In: Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl.: 288
Clarke 1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 95
Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 682
Ridl. 1925 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 172
Ridl. 1907 – In: Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. (Monoc.): 104
Clarke 1898 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 95