Cryptocoryne hybrids (Araceae) 4: A Cryptocoryne hybrid from the Meratus mountains, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

 

Suwidji Wongso, Jan D. Bastmeijer, Takashige Idei, Karen Rysbjerg Jensen, Marian Orgaard & Niels Jacobsen

 

ABSTRACT

A new Cryptocoryne hybrid, Cryptocoryne × hendrae, from the Meratus mountains, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, is described and illustrated. Cryptocoryne × hendrae is a hybrid between C. hudoroi and C. striolata; it differs from C. hudoroi by shorter and broader leaves and by the dark purple colours of the spathe limb, collar zone and tube opening, and it differs from C. striolata by having lanceolate, ± green and bullate leaves.

 

KEYWORDS

Cryptocoryne, natural hybrid, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Meratus mountains, Mt. Besar