Ooia

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Ooia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
Genus: Ooia
S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce

Ooia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, formally described in 2010.[1] It has two known species, both endemic to the island of Borneo.[2][3]

  1. Ooia grabowskii (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Borneo (syn= Rhynchopyle grabowskii Engl., Piptospatha grabowskii (Engl.) Engl.)
  2. Ooia kinabaluensis (Bogner) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sabah, Brunei (syn= Hottarum kinabaluense Bogner, Piptospatha kinabaluensis (Bogner) Bogner & A.Hay)

References[edit]

  1. ^ S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 545 (2010).
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.