Scindapsus Coriaceus

Wong, Sin Yeng & Joling, Jyloerica, 2021, Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), Check List 17 (3), pp. 931-974 : 969

informal Scindapsus Coriaceus Complex (sensu Kartini

2001) defined by thickly coriaceous leaf blades with all venation rather obscure, or at most the primary lateral veins visible, smooth stems, a semi-terrestrial to scandent shrubby habit, at most low-climbing, a marked preference for exposed situations in kerangas, and solitary inflorescences with a thick to very thick leathery tough spathe. The complex is pre-eminently Bornean, with only S. scortechinii (Peninsular Malaysia and S Thailand) occurring outside Borneo ( Kartini et al. 2015b).

Distribution and ecology. Endemic to Sabah. North and South Crocker Ranges, notably around Mount Kinabalu, extending to the Sir James Brooke Range to the North of Kinabalu National Park. Low climber or scandent semiterrestrial shrub in scrubby ridgetop kerangas or open kerangas forest on slopes elevation between 1400 and 2500 m.