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EPIPREMNUM Schott 



EPIPREMNUM PINNATUM (Linn.) Engl. Pflanzenreich 37 (1908) 60. 



Pothos pinnata Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1374 (type!). 



Scindapsus pinnatus Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 21. 



Adpendix laciniata Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 489, t. 183, f. 2. 

 Amboina, Ayer putri and Amahoesoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 113, 

 August, 1913, on trees at low altitudes, locally known as tapinawa. 



Pothos pinnata Linn., as originally published, is based wholly 

 on the description and figure of Rumphius's Adpendix laciniata. 

 In addition to the synonyms given above, it has been cited by 

 some authors under Rhaphidophora lacera Hassk. and Scindapsus 

 pertusus Schott, both synonyms of Epipremnum pinnatum Engl. 

 The species extends from India through Malaya to Polynesia. 



AMORPHOPHALLUS * Blume 



AMORPHOPHALLUS CAMPANULATUS (Roxb.) Blume ex Decne. in 

 Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 3 (1834) 366. 

 Arum campanulatum Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 65, nomen nudum, PI. 



Coromandel 3 (1819) 69, t. 272, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 509. 

 Arum rumphii Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 427, i. 39. 

 Amorphophallus sativus Blume Rumphia 1 (1835) 145 (type!). 

 Conophallus ? sativus Schott Prodr. (1860) 35. 

 Tacca sativa Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 324, t. 112. 



Tacca phallifera Rumph. quoad Taccae fungus Rumph. Herb. Amb. 

 5: 326, t. 113, f. 2. 



Not represented in our Amboina collections. Tacca sativa 

 Rumph. is perhaps a mixture of Tacca pinnatifida Forst. and 

 Amorphophallus; Tacca phallifera Rumph. certainly is. The 

 description of the vegetative characters, however, manifestly 

 applies to Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume; the figure is 

 very poor. Linnaeus erroneously reduced Tacca sativa Rumph. 

 to Dracontium polyphyllum Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 22, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 131. Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 

 300, placed it under Tacca pinnatifida Forst. Roxburgh cor- 

 rectly placed it under Arum campanulatum Roxb. = Amorpho- 

 phallus campanulatus, together with the inflorescence described 

 as Taccae fungus and figured, 1. 113, f. 2. Amorphophallus sativus 

 Blume is based wholly on the Rumphian description and figure, 

 and this species Engler, Pflanzenreich 48 (1911) 109, includes 

 under species dubiae. 



Tacca phallifera Rumph. is made up of Tacca pinnatifida 

 Forst. and the inflorescence of Amorphophallus campanulatus 



* Retained name, Brussels Congress; Candarum Reichb. (1832) is older. 



