Training Workshop on Taxonomy of Terrestrial Plants(Monocots)

12 – 16 March 2012
Research Center for Biology,
Indonesian Institute of Sciences - Indonesia

East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative(ESABII)Table of Contents
General Discription ....................................................................................................... 1
List of Participants......................................................................................................... 5
Member of working Group............................................................................................ 7
The results of studies ..................................................................................................... 8Group Pandanaceae .................................................................................................... 9Group Orchidaceae .................................................................................................. 16Group Arecaceae ...................................................................................................... 23Group Zingiberaceae ................................................................................................ 30

General Discription ofTraining Workshop on Taxonomy of Terrestrial Plants(Monocots)
Date: 12 – 16 March 2012 (5 days)
Venue: Herbarium Bogoriense, R.C.Biology, CSC-LIPI, Bogor, Indonesia

Introduction / Backgrounder
In 2008, at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD/COP9), the programme of work with deliverable outcomes was adopted (Decision IX/22). The
Programme of Work, as revised, was adopted in CBD/COP10 (COP10/L.34). Hence, parties to theconvention were urged to promote/carry-out the programme of work for the Global Taxonomy Initiative(GTI) through coordination of its implementations with existing national, regional, sub-regional, and global
initiatives, partnerships and institutions, designation of national GTI focal points, provision of updated
information about legal requirements for exchange of genetic/biological specimens, and about current
legislation and rules for access and benefit-sharing in terms of the needs for the GTI, and initiatives ofsetting-up of national and regional networks to aid the Parties in their taxonomic needs in implementing the
CBD.
However, the lack of trained human resources and inadequate capacities on taxonomy has been stressed as
one of the obstacles in the implementation of CBD commitments, especially in the ASEAN region. ASEAN+ 3’s dynamic growth in recent years has increased the pressure on its natural resources. Human activities,
the driving force behind the regional growth, threaten the biological resources. Lack of scientific information
on biodiversity in this region is a crucial issue in the assessment and prediction of biodiversity changes,
caused mainly by the lack of taxonomic capacity in data collection and analysis.
It is in this context that the project titled “Expanded Taxonomic Capacity Building and Governance forConservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity” proposed by ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) wasapproved by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) on 09 December 2011. An Inception Meeting /Workshop were conducted initially in Manila, Philippines on 31 August – 01 September 2010 to provide
direction and work out the details of the project. It identified 3 training topics to be conducted. One of these
topics was the taxonomy of terrestrial plants. For the taxonomy of terrestrial plants, it was agreed that thetraining would be conducted on dicots, monocots, and ferns as a series of training courses. A training
workshop on dicots was conducted in the fiscal year 2010, and subsequently a training workshop on
Monocots was conducted in this fiscal year 2011.
The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoE-J) is also involved by providing experts as resource persons in
the training. The collaboration between ESABII (East and Southeast Asia Information Initiative) and the
ACB JAIF project is evident in this training workshop since this will be a joint activity.

Topics to cover in the Training Workshop
The training workshop would capacitate the taxonomy on Monocots, which is a group of terrestrial plants
said to be difficult to identify. Specifically, the training workshop will:
1. Introduce the participants to the taxonomy of terrestrial plants particularly selected families of
Monocots
2. Familiarize the participants to the general biology of these plants

3. Upgrade the taxonomic skills of the participants on the following:a. Methods of morphological observationb. Sample collection, processing and managing
c. databasing
4. Provide hands-on experience through a field exercise in collection

Expected Outputs
The outputs of the training workshop will be the following:
1. Upgraded the skills of the participants in terrestrial plant taxonomy especialy on Monocots
2. Improved knowledge on taxonomic methodologies
3. Provided hands-on experience in collections management, cataloguing and storage

Qualification for the Participants to the Training Workshop
Those who will participate in this Training Workshop will be representatives of the ESABII Member States
who have background in botany, plant ecology and related field.
They must be less than 35 years old and who has an academic or government position in the field ofterrestrial botany or plant ecology.

Agenda of the Training Workshop
The following are the agenda of the training workshop:
1. General lectures on the following:a. Taxonomy and systematics of Monocots
b. Ecology and forest dynamics
c. Herbarium specimens collectiond. Ecological sampling of Monocots
e. Specimen collection methodologies
2. Special lectures on the following monocot families:a. Orchidaceae (Orchids)
b. Arecaceae (Palms)c. Pandanaceae (Pandans)d. Zingiberaceae (Zingers)
3. Field trip for hands on field collection and specimen management
4. Report Writing
Trainers for the course were the following:
1. Mr. Ong Poh Teck, Malaysia
2. Dr. Eiji Suzuki, Japan
3. Dr Edwino Fernando, Philippines
4. Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi, Japan
5. Dr. Ary Prihardhyanto Keim, Indonesia
6. Dr. Rugayah
7. Ms. Wita Wandani, M.Sc.
8. Dr. Himmah Rustiami
With assistance from (1) Mr Arief Hidayat (coordinator), (2) Mr. Ujang Hapid, and Mr. Asep Sadeli

Program of the Training
Day 0: 11 March 2012
Arrival of participants at Sempur Park Hotel, Bogor, Indonesia
Day 1: 12 March 2012
08:00-08:30. Registration of participants
08:30-09:30. Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks: Dr. Siti Nuramaliati Prijono, LIPI
Opening Message: Ms. Clarissa Arida, ACB/JAIF
Dr. Masaya Tatara, MoE-J
09:30-10:00. Introduction of participants: Dr. Teguh Triono, RCB-LIPI
Overview of the Training Workshop: Dr. Filiberto Pollisco, Jr., JAIF-ACB project(Photo opportunity)
10:00-10:30 Break time
10:30-11:00 Introduction of ESABII
Ms. Mari Takehara, MoE-J
11:00-12:00 General Lecture on Monocots Taxonomy & Sytematics Dr.Edwino Fernando
12:00-13:00 lunch break
13:00-14:30 Lecture on Ecology of Rattans
Dr. Eizi Suzuki
14:30-16:00 Lecture on Arecaceae
Dr. Edwino Fernando
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Lecture on Orchidaceae - Characters of Selected genera
Mr. Ong Poh TeckDay 2: 13 March 2012
8:00 – 8:30. Registration of participants
8:30 – 10:00 Lecture on Arecaceae (Palms) - Characters of Selected genera and Collecting &preserving Arecaceae (Palms)
Dr. Edwino Fernando
10:00 -10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Lecture on Orchidaceae (Orchid) - Basic morphology Mr. Ong Poh Teck
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Lecture on Orchidaceae (Orchid) - Characters of Selected genera Mr. Ong Poh Teck
14:30-16:00 Collecting & preserving Orchidaceae (Orchid)
Mr. Ong Poh Teck
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30- 18:00 Lecture on Zingiberaceae (Gingers) - Basic morphology Characters of Selected genera& Collecting Zingiberaceae (Gingers)
Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi
Day 3: 14 March 2012
08:00-08:30 Registration of participants
08:30-10:00 Lecture on Pandanaceae (Pandan) - Basic morphology
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Continuation of Pandanaceae
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-14:00 Continuation of Pandanaceae
14:00-16:00 Working with Herbarium Specimens
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 working with herbarium specimens
Day 4: 15 March 2012
07:30-12:00 Short excursion to the Bogor Botanical Garden
12:00-13:00 Registration of participants (each group)
Lunch
13:00-16:00 Working with herbarium specimens
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Preparing report and presentation (each group)

Dr.Ary P. Keim

Ms.Wita Wandani

Day 5: 16 March 2012
08:00-08:30 Registration of participants
08:30-10:00 Preparing report and presentation (each group)
10:00-10:30 break
10:30-12:00 Preparing report and presentation (each group)
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-15:30 Group presentation and discussion
15:03-16:00 Break
15:15-17:30 Feedback from participants Mr. Jofree bin Haji Ali Ahmad (Brunei)
Closing remarks
MOE-Japan
Dr. Masaya Tatara
ACB
Dr. Filiberto Pollisco, Jr.
PROSEA
Prof. Dr. Dedy Darnaedi
Day 6: 17 March 2012
Departure of participants from Sempur Park Hotel, Bogor, Indonesia

List of Participants
No.
1

Country/ Organization
Brunei Darrusalam

Name
Mr. Joffee Bin Haji Ali Ahmad

2

Brunei Darrusalam

Mr. Mohd Rozizan bin Mohd Maslin

3

Cambodia

Mr. Chak Sokhavicheaboth

4

Cambodia

Mr. Kao Sosatya

5

Lao PDR

Mr. Soulivanh Lanorsavanh

6

Lao PDR

Ms. Khamfa Chantavongsa

7

Malaysia

Ms. Regina Mariah Jong

8

Malaysia

Mr. Ong Poh Teck

9

Malaysia

Dr. Ummul Nazrah Binti Rahman

10

MyanmarMs. Kyi Kyi Khing

11

MyanmarMs. Zin Myo Thu

12Philippines

Mr. Lowell Aribal

13

Philippines

Ms. Pola Geneva Bumanglag

14

Singapore

Mr. Joey Gan Soon Hock

15

Singapore

Ms. Adelle Wang Shumin

16

Thailand

Ms. Paweena Taraksa

17

Thailand

Ms. Sommanussa Saengrit

18

Viet Nam

Mr. Mai Hong Quan

Institution
Forestry Officer,
Brunei National Herbarium,
Brunei Forestry Centre
Junior Forestry Assistant,Forestry Department,
Ministry of Indusrty and Primary Resources
Chief of Office,International Convention and Biodiversity
Department, Ministry of Environment
Vice Chief,
Office of Clearing House Mechanism,
International Convention and Biodiversity
Department, Ministry of Environment
Botany Unite, Herbarium Technician,
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences,
National University of Laos (NUOL)
Lecturer,
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences,
National University of Laos (NUOL)
Assistant Director,
Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia
Research Officer,
Forest Institute of Malaysia (FRIM)
Research Officer,
Forest Institute of Malaysia(FRIM)
Research Assistant 3,
Forest Research Institute, Forest Department,
Ministry of Environmental Conservation andForestry
Staff Officer,
Forest Research Institute, Forest Department,
Ministry of Environmental Conservation andForestry
Assistant Professor I,
College of Forestry,
Central Mindanao University
Ecosystems Management Specialist I,
Wildlife Resources Division,
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, DENR
Senior Conservation Officer, National Parks
Board, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve 177
Hindhede Drive Singapore 589333
Manager (Nature Parks),
National Parks Board
Agricultural research Scientist,
Plant Varieties Protection Division,
Department of Agriculture,
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative
Forest Officer,
The Forest Herbarium,
Department of National Park
Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Senior Specialist,
Agency for Biodiversity Conservation, VEA,

19

Viet Nam

Ms. Phan Binh Minh

20

China

Dr. CHEN Bin

21
22

Mongolia
Korea

Dr. Nyambayar Dashzeveg
Ms. LEE SoHee

23

Japan

Ms. Kanako MATSUYAMA

24
25
26

Ms. Narumi KAKIMOTO
Mr. Yoshimasa KUMEKAWA
Dr. Edwino Fernando

32

Japan
Japan
University of thePhilippines
Kagoshima
University
Kochi Prefectural
Makino Botanical
GardenMinistry of theEnvironment
Ministry of theEnvironment
Japan Wildlife
Research Center
LIPI

33

LIPI

Dr. Rugayah

34

LIPI

Ms. Wita Wardani, M.Sc.

35

LIPI

Dr. Himmah Rustiami

36

LIPI

Ms. Ina Erlinawati

37

LIPI

Ms. Destri

38

LIPI

Dr. Teguh Triono, M.Sc.

39

LIPI

Dr. Dedy Darnaedi,

40

LIPI

Mr. Arief Hidayat,

41

LIPI

Mr. Yessi Santika,

42

ACB

Ms. Clarissa Arida

43
44
45
46

ACB
ACB
ACB
ACB

Dr. Filiberto Pollisco
Ms. Rhia Galsim
Ms. Corazon de Jesus, Jr.
Ms. Ana Maria Tolentino

27
28

29
30
31

Dr. Eizi Suzuki
Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi

Dr. Masaya TATARA
Ms. Mari TAKEHARA
Dr. Sanei ICHIKAWA
Dr. Ary Prihardhyanto Keim

Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment
Senior Specialist,
Agency for Biodiversity Conservation, VEA,
Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment
Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
National University of Mongolia
College of Forest Science,
Kookmin University
Agricultural Science Program,
Graduate school of Integrated Arts andSciences, Kochi University
Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi Univercity
Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi Univercity
Professor,
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Professor of Kagoshima University Graduate
School of Science and Engineering
Former curator of the Kochi Prefectural
Makino Botanical Garden
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan
Japan Wildlife Research Center
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
UPT Balai Konservasi Tumbuhan Kebun
Raya Cibodas‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Director,
PROSEA Association
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Botany Division (Herbarium Bogoriense)
Research Centre for Biology‐LIPI
Director, Programme Development and
Implementation Unit
Programme Management Specialist
Capacity Development Officer
Programme Management Officer
Programme Management Officer

Member of working Group
Group Pandanaceae
Lecturer: Dr. Ary Prihardhyanto Keim
Assistant: Dr. RugayahTrainees: 6
Joey Gan Sook Hock (Singapore)
Phan Binh Minh (Vietnam)
Regina Mariah Jong (Malaysia)
Zin Myo Thu (Myanmar)
Chen Bin (China)
Yoshimasa Kumekawa (Japan)

Group Orchidaceae
Lecturer: Mr. Ong Poh Teck
Assistant: Ms. Wita Wardani
Trainees: 6
Khamfa Chanthavongsa (Lao PDR)
Paweena Taraksa (Thailand)
Pola Geneva Bumanglag (Philippines)
Soulivanh Lanorsavanh (Lao PDR)
Destri (Indonesia)
Narumi Kakimoto (Japan)

Group Arecaceae
Lecturer: Dr. Edwino Fernando
Assistant: Dr. Himmah Rustiami
Trainees: 7
Adelle Wang Shumin (Singapore)
Chak Sokhavicheaboth (Cambodia)
Mai Hong Quan (Vietnam)
Mohd Rozizan bin Mohd Maslin (Brunei Darussalam)
Ummul Nazrah Binti Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)
Lee So-Hee (Korea)
Nambayar D. (Mongolia)

Group Zingiberaceae
Lecturer: Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi
Assistant: Ms. Wita Wardani
Trainees: 7
Jofree bin Haji Ali Ahmad (Brunei Darussalam)
Kao Sosatya (Cambodia)
Kyi Kyi Khing (Myanmar)
Lowell G. Aribal (Philippines)
Sommanussa Saengrit (Thailand)
Ina Erlinawati (Indonesia)
Kanako Matsuyama (Japan)

The results of studies
Final report and presentation material of each group
Training overview of each group
Group Pandanaceae used the specimens of six species (F. angustifolia , F. sumatrana, F. scandens , F.
imbricata , F. Javanica, F. insignis ) of Freycinetia in Pandanaceae distributed over Jawa. They observed
and measured the form of specimens, recorded the details of the form, and produced the identification key.
Group Orchidaceae targeted the genus Grammatophyllum in Orchidaceae distributed over Jawa. They
recorded the details of the form and produced the identification key about G. speciosum and G. stapeliiflorum
through the sampling in the Bogor Botanical Gardens and examination of samples in Herbarium Bogoriense.
They also practiced how to dissect, measure and take a photograph of collected fresh samples.
Group Arecaceae targeted the genus Daemonorops belonged in Calameae in Arecaceae. One species
proposed as new species was found while the sampling in the Bogor Botanical Gardens. They observed
and measured the form of four species including new species (D. melanochaetes, D.rubra, Daemonorops sp.
nov., D. hirsute), recorded the details of the form, and produced the identification key. They recorded thefurther details of form about the new species.

Group Zingiberaceae targeted four species (A. javanica, A. malaccensis, A. galanga , A. scabra ) in thegenus Alpinia in Zingiberaceae distributed over Jawa. They observed and measured the form of specimens,
recorded the details of the form, and produced the identification key. They also studied the information about
how these four species are used, as well as information of ecology and morphology.

Group Pandanaceae

REPORT ON FREYCINETIA (PANDANACEAE) OF JAVA
Chen Bin Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing,
China.
Destri UPT Balai Konservasi Tumbuhan Kebun Raya Cibodas – LIPI, Jln Sindanglaya Pacet
Cianjur, Indonesia.
Joey Gan Senior Conservation Officer, National Parks Board, Bukit TImah Nature Reserve, 177
Hindhede Drive, Singapore.
Masayoshi Kumekawa Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University 1943-305. Osonekou, Nankoku
City, Kochi, Japan.
Phan Binh Minh Senior Specialist, Agency for Biodiversity Conservation, VEA, Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment, 5F 99 Le Duan St. Hoan Kiem Dist. Hanoi, Vietnam.
Regina Mariah Jong Assistant Director, Forestry Departmen of Peninsular Malaysia, Jalan Sultan
Malaysia, 50660 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Zin Myo Thu Staff Officer, Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Ministry ofEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry, Nay Phyi Taaw, Myanmar.

ABSTRACTSix species of Freycinetia (Pandanaceae) are recorded in Java and are described here. A simple
identification key was produced to aid identification in the field. The six species are: F. angustifolia,
F.javanica, F. imbricata, F. insignis, F. scandens and F. sumatrana.
Keywords: Freycinetia, Java, identification key.
INTRODUCTION
Pandanaceae is one of the 5 largest families in the Monocotyledons and is of exceptional
diversity in the Flora Malesiana region, particularly in Indonesia. Despite this, there has not beenmuch in-depth study of Pandanaceae in this region. Freycinetia is one of four genera in
Pandanaceae and is the only genus that exhibits a climbing habit, making it even much less studied
in Indonesia. This paper will focus on Freycinetia that occurs in Java, Indonesia and is based on
herbarium specimens from Herbarium Bogoriense. This paper will cover all 6 species that occurs in
Java, namely: F. angustifolia, F.javanica, F. imbricata, F. insignis, F. scandens and F. sumatrana.

IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE SPECIES OF FREYCINETIA IN JAVA
1. a. Leaf linear less than 50 cm, narrow; infructescence raceme………………

F. angustifolia

b. Leaf elliptical or lanceolate-elongate; infructescence umbellate …………………….....
2
2. a. Auricle lobed ……………………………….……………………………… F. sumatrana
b. Auricle tapered …............................................................................................................ 3
3. a. Leaf elliptical …………………….…………………………….………………………... 4b. Leaf lanceolate-elongate .……………………………………….………………………. 5
4. a. Infructescence terminal ……………………………………….……………… F. scandens

b. Infructescence lateralimbricata……………………………….………………………. F.

5. a. Leaf short, less than 100cm; bracts yellow ………………..…………….……. F. javanica
b. Leaf longer, at least 100cm; bracts purplish white ……………………………. F. insignis

SPECIES NOTES
1. FREYCINETIA ANGUSTIFOLIA Blume
Freycinetia angustifolia Blume, Rumphia 1: 157. T.43, f. 1-7. 1835 – Lectotype: Java, G.
Seribu, Blume 841 (L, sh 908.164-106)
Freycinetia malaccensis Ridl., Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 2: 233. 1907. – Lectotype: Malacca,
Derry 406 (SING!, holoecto), designated by B.C. Stone, Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 197. 1970).
Freycinetia brunoniana Wallich, Number. List: 3660. 1831, nom. Nud. – Voucher: Penang,
G.Porter s.n. (K).
Freycinetia debregeasiana Gaudich., Voy. Bonite, Bot.: t. 37, f. 1-11. 1814(-1852). – Type:not stated, probably Malacca or Singapore (Gaudichaud s.n. 1837; P? fragment in Fl. n.v.)
Freycinetia insipida Martelli ex Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 1114. 1911. – Type: Capiz
Province, Mt Magellanes (Giting-giting), May 1910, Elmer 12426 (Fl, holo n.v.; PNH, lost,
EDINB n.v.)
Description: Slender climber up to 10m high. Stem slender, hard, 3-5mm diameter; internodes 413mm. Leaf lanceolate-elongate, narrow, 14-31cm long, 5-8mm wide, no spines on entire margin ofleaf for female specimens; male specimens exhibit minute spines on terminal and apical leaf
margins; adaxial surface, glabrous without spines; abaxial surface, glabrous without spines;
venation, main venetion is clear ; auricle is slightly hooked with minute spines. Inflorescence, maleinflorescence terminal, orange in colour 15-20mm long, 2mm wide surrounded by 5 bracts.
Infructescence terminal, raceme; pedicle 4-12mm long; penduncle, 1.5-5cm long; Cephalium, 24 cephalium, 10-33mm long, 4-8mm wide, elongated ellipsoidal, light green in colour. Fruit 0.5mm
long, 0.1mm wide; Stigmatic remains 3-4. Bracts light green in colour
Distribution: Java (G. Salak, G. Gede), Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat: Humid tropics from 100m to 1800m altitude, from primary rainforest to secondary
forest. Commonly found in older forest. In Java, this species was recorded in Mt Gede, West
Java, along a trail in disturbed primary lowland forest. In Bogor (then Buitenzorg), specimens wererecorded in forest complex of Nunggoeng in Mount Menapa. Specimens were also recorded at900m altitude in Mount Salak.
Vernacular name: Unknown
Uses: Unknown
Notes: F. angustifolia is moderately occurring and is more commonly found in older forests.
Specimen examined: INDONESIA, Jakarta, Bogor (formerly Buitenzorg), 18 Dec 1940 CCGJ Van
Steenis 17345 (BO!); Bogor, 30 Aug 1918 C.A. Backer 25736 (BO!), Bogor, G. Salak, 2 August
1929 CCGJ Van Steenis 3017 (BO); West Java, near Leuwiliang, west of Bogor near tea-estate ofTjianten, 13 Nov 1952 W.Meijer 1324 (BO!).

2. FREYCINTIA SUMATRANA Hemsley
Freycinetia sumatrana Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 30: 167 (1894). Type: Beccari 211 (holo K; iso Fl),
Indonesia, Sumatra, Mount Singalan (presumably Mount Singgalang in West Sumatra), June 1878.
Freycinetia valida Ridley, Mat. Fl. Mal Penins. 2:234 (1907). Lectotype: Ridley 3937 (SING!),
Malaysia, Malay Peninsula.

Freycinetia auriculata Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci., C. Bot. 3: 312 (1908). Type: Bur. Sci. Foxworthy 876(holo PNH +; iso A), Philippines, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, May 1906
Freycinetia loheri Martelli, Webbia 3: 15 (1910). Syntypes: Loher 1577 (K; iso PNH+), Philippines,
Luzon, Benquet, 1908-1915; Loher 1578; Loher 5469, Luzon, Montalban, June 1908-1915.
Freycinetia lucida Martelli, Webbia 3: 168 (1910). Type: H.Hallier 3188 (holo BO!; iso L), Indonesia,
Kalimantan, Amai-Ambit, 1893-1894)
Freycinetia ceramensis Martelli, Webbia 3: 169 (1910). Type: G.H. de Vriese s.n. (holo L), Indonesia,
Moluccas, Seram, 1857-1861.
Freycinetia amboinensis Martelli, Webbia 3: 170 (1910). Type: Teysman s.n. (holo BO! Iso L),
Indonesia, Moluccas, Ambon.
Freycinetia sumatrana Hemsley var. penangiana B.C. Stone, Gard, Bull, Singapore 25(2): 202 (1970).
Type: Stone 5890 (holo KLU), Malay Peninsula, Selangor, Templer Park, Kanching, June 1965.

Description: Robust climber up to 20m. Stem hard, 10-12mm diameter, glabrous; internodes 510mm. Leaf, lanceolate-elongate, linear, acute, 55-170cm long, 23mm wide, spines present onleaf margins along terminal and basal parts; adaxial surface glabrous without spines; abaxial
surface, glabrous with minute spines along underside of midrib; venation, main venetion is clear;
aurical lobed, bluntly hooked to sharply hooked with spines. Inflorescence, male flowers umbellate,
10cm long , 2.5cm wide, flame red when fresh. Infructescence terminal, umbellate, 3-4 cephalium,
peduncle 30-55mm long; Cephalium, 70-90mm long, 15-20mm wide; elongate ellipsoidal,
yellowish green. Fruit, 1mm long, 0.1mm wide; Stigmatic remains 2
Distribution: Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, andMoluccas (A. P. Keim, et al, 2011)
Habitat: in lowland land tropical forest and partly felled open forest up to 93m high. In 1926,
specimens were recorded in By Depok, Jakarta which then was once a forested area. Now Jakarta isfully urbanized and is no longer forested (A.P. Keim 2012, pers. comm.).
Vernacular Name: rajak (Dayak, Balaban Dialect) (A. P. Keim, et al, 2011)
Uses: Leaves are used for baskets, mats and handicrafts. (A. P. Keim, et al, 2011)
Specimen examined: INDONESIA, Jakarta, Depok, Sarengses, no date, Anon 1154 (BO!); Java
Depot, Batavia, 11 Oct 1926, Dr J. Beumee 6801 (BO); MALAYSIA, F.R. Port Dickson, Sungei
Menyala, 1957 T.C. Whitmore 300 (BO!).

3. FREYCINETIA SCANDENS Gaudich
Freycinetia scandens Gaudich., Ann. Sci. Nat. 1, 3 (1824) 510; Atlas, Bot. in Freycinet, Voy. I’Uranieet Physicienne (1826) 432, t. 42. Typus: Gaudichaud (P!) ‘crescit in insula Timor…’

F. gaudichaudii R. Br. & Benn. in Horsfield, Pl. Jav. Rar. 1 (1838) 31, t. 9; F. v. Mueller in
Bentham, Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 151; Bailey, Queensl. Flora (1902) 1690. Typus: Horsfield (BM!)
from Java.
F. mulleri Martelli, Webbia 3 (1910) 311, 313 , based on F. gaudichaudii F.v. Muell. (non R. Br.
& Benn. ) in Bentham, Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 151. Typus: nil
F. propinqua Domin, Bibl. Bot. 85 (1915) 150. Typus: Domin (PR) prob.) not seen. F. n. sp (No.
306), Domin, op. cit. 151. F.n. sp, (No. 305), Domin, op. cit. 151 (‘affinis nom. Ined)
F. gonocarpa Moore, in Gibbs, Contr. Hytogeogr. Bellenden – Ker II, J. Bot. 55 (1917) 309.
Typus: Gibbs 6348 (BM!) from Queensland.
Description: Climber, up to 10 – 30 m high. Leaf, narrow 8 – 17.6 cm long, 1 – 5 cm wide,
distinctly elliptic-lanceolate, minute spine at the base and apical margin. Infructascence with 0.5 –3.5 cm long penducle, pedicel 1.5 – 2.0 cm, partly scabrous on upper part. Cephalium 0.5 – 3.5 cm
long and 0.4 – 1.3 wide, glabrous. Stigmatic remains 1 -2.
Distribution: Java, Sunda Island, Timor, Sangi and Talaud Islands, New Guinea, and Queensland.
Habitat: Locally common in rainforest, from near sealevel up to about 1000 m, frequent alongstreams or riverbanks.
Notes: Fruit green when young. Bracts white from red.
Specimen Examined: INDONESIA, Bogor, Java , 23 Aug 1900, Koorders KDS 1757 (BO!);
Java, Koorders KDS 28368 (BO!); East Java, 17 May 1957, M. Jacobs 4822 (BO!); Petak, 58 via
Pacuran 3, Baturraden, Central Java, 22 April 2005, Ary P. Keim AK 369 (BO!)

4. FREYCYNETIA IMBRICATA Blume
Freycinetia imbricate Blume, Rumphia 1: 157, t. 40, f. 1-11. 1837. – Lectotype: Java, “silvis intactis
monotium altissimorum Javae occidentalis”, Blume 2066 (L, holo, sh. 908. 164-676).
Freycinetia schefferi Solms in Linnaea 42: 98. 1878. –Syntypes: Java, cult. In Hort. Bog., Scheffer s.n.
(GOET, holo)
Freycinetia kingiana Ridl., Mat. Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 234. 1907. – Lectotype: Malay Peninsula, Perak,
Goping King’s Collector = Kunstler 4654 (SING!, holo; Fl n.v.), designated by B.C. Stone (1970b, c:204).
Freycinetia imbricata var. hispidula B.C. Stone, Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 204. 1970. –Type: Stone
5847-a, (KLU, holo), Malay Peninsula, Selangor, Genting Sempah, Jul 1966.
Freycinetia imbricate var. kuchinensis (Martelli) B.C. Stone, Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 215. 1970. -Freycinetia kuchinensis Martellu, Webbia 3: 178, 320 (“kuchinensis”). 1910 – Lectotype: Sarawak, Kuching,
Beccaru PB 782-bis (Fl, holo), designated by B.S. Stone (1970-b: 215, “type”).

Description: Climber up to 30 m, stem 0.4-0.6 in diameter; Leaf, 15.3-31.5 cm long, 1.1-1.8 cm
wide, narrowly elliptic, acute, with minute spines on basal and apical margin; Infructescense
terminal and lateral, 3.5-8 cm long, with 1-2 cephaliums, peduncle 0.7-1.1 cm, pedicel 1.2-2.2 cm,
glabrous, cephalium 1.4-3.5 cm long and 0.9-2.1 wide, globose to ellipsoid, berries ca. 0.4 cm;
Stigmatic remains varies from 2-4.
Distribution: Java (West Java), Malay Peninsula (Johor, Pahang, Perak, Selangor), Sumatra (widelydistributed), Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah).
Habitat: Lowland tropical forest to lower mountain forests from 500 – 1100 m. Fruiting season on
March, April, July, and September.
Vernacular name: harashas.
Uses: Unknown.
Specimen Examined: INDONESIA, West Java, Res Batavia, Mt. Limus (Burangrang) 22 July
1920, Backhuizen v/d Brink 4348 (BO!); West Java, South Bandung, Southern of Ciwidey,
Cibarengkok 12 March 1974, J. Dransfield 4175 (BO!); West Java, Mt. Salak, Kampung
Bobojong 20 September 1896, Kooders 24135 (BO!); West Java, Mt. Halimun, Slope of Mt.
Kendeng, 7 March 2000, W.S Hoover et al. 32727 (BO!); West Java, Mt. Halimun, Cikaniki River 9
March 2000, W.S. Hoover et al. 32220 (BO!)

5.

FREYCINETIA JAVANICA
Freycinetia javanica Blume in Rumphia 1:156, t.41 (1835). Figure 1,1-b. Type: Java (Blume,

L).
F.lucens Ridl in Mat. Fl Malay Penin. 2: 232 (1907) in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 80 (1925); Type:
Singapore (Ridley 3703, lectotype, SING).
F.montana Ridl in Mat. Fl Malay Penin. 2: 232 (1907) in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925).
Type: Perak (Ridley 5194, lectotype, SING).
Description: Climber 3-20 m high. Stems 0.3 - 2 cm diameter, glabrous, internodes 0.4 – 4.5 cm.
Leaf, lanceolate, oblanceolatae, 12 – 26 cm long and 0.8 – 4 cm wide, acuminate, abruptly acute,narrow at the base, normally green, young leaf pale pinkish and yellowish; aurical pale green, entire,obtuse at the apex. Infructecence terminal, bracts orange or yellow. Cephalium elongate-ellipsoidal,
spiral, 3 – 4, 1- 5.5 cm long, 0.5 – 3 cm wide. Stigmatic remains 3 – 6. Root with spines.
Distribution: Malaya (including lower Kra Peninsula), Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java

(SaramatJava mountain, Mountain Paniism Bogor, Mountain Ielomago, Jakarta, Java Preanger
Garoed, Java Preanger Garoed, Baturraden, Banyumas, Central Java, West Java, Mt. Halimum,
Cikaniki village, Java, Bes Batavia, Insula Java Preangn, S.W Java, Udjung Kulon Nature Reserve).
Habitat: Wet, humid mountain, lowland tropical rainforest, dark brown soil, commonly mountain,
lowland up to 800 – 1450 m above sea level,
Vernacular name. Ojot Pandan, Pandan rambat.
Note: Fruiting observed in May
Specimen examined. INDONESIA, Foot hill of Saramat Java mountain, 1920, C.A.Backer, 265(BO!); Jakarta, 3 Aug 1918, C.A.Backer, 25796 (BO!); Java, Bes Batavia, 4 Sep 1921, C. A. Backer,
31586 (BO!); West Java, 5 Oct 1920, R.C.Bakhuizen v/d Brink, 4710 (BO!); West Java, 9, Jun 1890,
M.M.J.V. Balgooy & H. Wiriadinata, 2887 (BO!); Mountain Paniism Bogor, 9 Dec 1923, Balh,
6147(BO!); Java Preanger Garoed, Forbes, 477(BO!); Bogor, 18/12/1940, BC.Houe, 17345 (BO!);
Jakarta, 25.12.1929, Coos Keewis, 4007 (BO!); Central Java, Banyumas, Baturraden, Petak 58 via
Pancuran 3, 23 Apr, 2005, Ary. P.Keim, 347(BO!); Central Java, Banyumas, Baturraden, Petak 58
via Pancuran, 23 Apr, 2005, Ary. P. Keim, 377 (BO!); Baturraden Central Java Petak 58 via
Parcuran 21, Apr, 2005, Ary. P. Keim, 311 (BO!); Baturraden, 22.4.2005, Ary P.Keim, 371 (BO!);
Baturraden, 22.4.2005, Ary P.Keim, 370 (BO!); Baturrater, 21.4.2005, Ary P.Keim, 310 (BO!); Java
Preanger Garoed, 28 January 1897, Koorders, 26693 (BO!); Insula Java Preangn, 1896, S. H.
Koorders, 25831B (BO!); West Java, Mt. Halimum, Cikaniki village, 7 Mar 2000, H. Wiradinata
W.S. Hoover & J. Hunter, 31338 (BO!); S.W Java, Udjung Kulon Nature Reserve, 30 Dec
1963,Nengah Wirawan, 164 (BO!).

6. FREYCINETIA INSIGNIS Blume
Freycinetia insignis Blume (1835) 158, t. 42 – Type: Java, West Java, Bogor (then Buitenzorg),
Gede Mountain, Blume s.n (Lectotype:L)
Description: Robust climber 6 – 15m high. Stem 1.0 – 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaf, lanceolateelongate, 30 – 105 cm long; leaf margin smooth, pleats present on terminal and basal parts of leaf;
auricle is tapered; bracts are purple-white. Infructescence, terminal with 2 – 3 cephalium; peduncle
3 – 10 cm long and are in purple colour; pedicles 3 – 4 cm long. Cephalium are normally ellipse toelongate 3 – 10 cm long and 2 – 4 cm wide. Stigma 1-2 and brown in color. Young fruit is green.
Distribution: Common throughout Java, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Habitat. Mostly found in foothill or low land Montane Forest at 600 m – 2000 m asl. Fruiting
season from July to November. Common species in highlands of Java.
Specimen Examined: INDONESIA, Bogor, Cibodas, Java, 15 Oct 1970, J. Dransfield 985 (BO!);
G. Halimun, Sukabumi, 1974, J. Dransfield 4209 (BO!); Cibodas, 15 October 1970, J. Dransfield
985 (BO!); Gunung Soenda, Boerangrang,1920, Koorders 4604 (BO!); Cibodas, 1909, Koorders
2650 (BO!); Cibodas, Java, 1909, Koordes 4209 (BO!); Cianjur, Bandung, Java, 12 May 1902,
Koorders KDS 40167 (BO!); Java, 5 December 1902, Koorders KSD 40167, (BO!); Gunung
Telemojo, Java, 1897, Koorders KDS 27887 (BO!); Cibodas, Java, 1974, Cibodas, 1908, Scheffer
1456 (BO!); Java, 1914, O. Willis 041 (BO!); Java, 9 September 1914, O Willis 841 (BO!); G.
Tangkuban Perahu, Java, 6 June 1915, Van Leeuwen-Reijvaan 2270 (BO!); Cibodas, 1979, V.
Steenis 1597, (BO!); West of Nirmala, 1941, V. Steenis 12410 (BO!)

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their nomenclature and the rediscovery of Pandanus aristatus and several new records.
Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 63(1&2): pp. 31-62.

Nursahara Pasaribu & Elizabeth A. Widjaja. 2009. Notes on Freycinetia (Pandanaceae) from Jambi
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Malaya, and Thailand. Blumea 16(2): pp. 189-207.

Group Orchidaceae

Report of Orchid group

Taxonomy of the Genus Grammatophyllum Blume(Orchidaceae) in Java
Khamfa Chanthavongsa
National University of Laos (NUOL), Dong Dok, Vientianne, LAO PDR
Paweena Taraksa
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative, Phaholythin Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok, THAILAND
Pola Geneva Bumanglag
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, DENR, North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES,
Soulivanh Lanorsavanh
National University of Laos (NUOL), Dong Dok, Vientianne, LAO PDR
So-Hee Lee
Kookmin University, 861-1, Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-702, KOREA
Narumi Kakimoto
Kochi University, 1-5-33-110, Saiwai-cho, Nankoku city, Kochi, JAPAN
Nyambayar Dashzeveg
National University of Mongolia, Baga toiruu, Sukhbaatar district,Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA
Abstract
A taxonomic study of the genus Grammatophyllum Blume in Java, Indonesia has been conducted in
the Bogor Botanical Gardens and in Herbarium Bogoriense. At present, only two species ofGrammatophyllum have been recorded in Java. They are Grammatophyllum speciosum and G.
stapeliiflorum. Key to the species, descriptions, illustrations, and data on the distribution of thespecies are provided.
Introduction
Grammatophyllum is a genus of 14 recognized species throughout the world (WCSP, 2012).
Grammatophyllum occurs in dense rainforests of Southeast Asia from Burma to Borneo, Indonesia,
the Philippines, New Guinea, and the Southwest Pacific islands. They are fairly large epiphytic
orchid (Comber, 1990) in which the well known G. speciosum is the heaviest orchid species that canweigh up to more than a ton. It’s pseudobulbs are usually short with few oblong leaves and placed
closely together except in G. speciosum in which the pseudobulbs form into long stem which canreach up to 2 or 3 metres long with many linear leaves along the stem (Fig. 1). Orchids in this genus
produces several racemes, bearing many large, yellow to green with distinct dark purplish-brownspotted flowers.
The name Grammatophyllum is derived from the Greek words ‘gramma’ (letter) and‘phyllon’ (leaf), which refers to the dark markings in the flowers.
Grammatophyllum Blume, Bijdr.: 377 (1825).
Synonyms: Gabertia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 425 (1829); Pattonia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t.
1750 (1851); Sadokum D.Tiu & Cootes, Austral. Orchid Rev. 72(6): 39 (2007).

Key to the species+ Pseudobulbs formed into long stems, 2–3 m long, more than 3 leaves, linear, inflorescence erector arching, abnormal flowers present at base of inflorescence, flowers widely open, lip with 3
keels .….. …..……………………………………………………... G. speciosum- Pseudobulbs short and conical, 9–22.5 cm long, 2 or 3 leaves, oblong, inflorescences stiffly
pendulous, abnormal flowers absent, flowers not widely open, lip with 2
keels……………………………………………………………………………… G. stapeliiflorum1. Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume; Pattonia macrantha Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t.
1750 (1851); Grammatophyllum fastuosum Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 159 (1852);
Grammatophyllum macranthum (Wight) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 16 (1862); Grammatophyllum
giganteum Blume ex Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 107 (1876); Grammatophyllum pantherinum Rchb.f.,
Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 788 (1878); Grammatophyllum cominsii Rolfe, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 506(1891); Grammatophyllum sanderianum auct., Gard. Chron., III, 14: 15 (1893); Grammatophyllum
papuanum J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 45: 11 (1911).
Pseudobulbs formed into long stem, 1.5-2.5 m long, when young it is erect, afterwards hanging
down, leafy throughout when young, internodes 2-2.5 cm long. Leaves 50-64, linear, acute, 2-2.5
cm wide, 30-68.5 cm long, alternately arranged, sheathing at the base, green to yellow-green incolor. Inflorescence raceme, erect, sometimes arching, c. 2-3 meters long, bearing c. 50 flowers(Fig. 3), a few abnormal sterile flowers at the base in which stigma, lip and one sepal are absent(Fig. 5). Flowers widely opened, 8-13 cm wide and 8.5-15 cm long (Fig. 4), sweetly scented whenfresh, pedicel 7.5-9.5 cm long, bract lanceolate, 2.5-2.7 cm long, 0.6-0.8 cm wide (normal position).
Sepals oval to oblong, with undulated margins and falcate base, yellowish-green to yellow withpurple brown spots, dorsal sepal 4.4-6.5 cm long and 2.0-3.0 cm wide (Fig. 8), lateral sepals 4-6.0
cm long and 1.4-2.7 cm wide. Petals oblong-ovate, color and margins are same as sepals, 4.0-6.0
cm long and 2.0-2.5 cm wide (Fig. 9). Lip 2.0-2.7 cm long and 2.5-3.0 cm wide, side lobes about 2
cm and midlobe 2.7 cm in length, keels 3, extending from middle part of lip disc to base of epichile,side lobes enveloping the column, upper part of the miblobe with soft and yellowish hairs, apex
acute to rounded, yellowish-green with purple-brown spots and longitudinal purple-brown stripes(Fig. 10). Column yellowish- green with faint purple spots, 2-2.5 cm long. Fruit a capsule, 10 cm
long, 5 cm wide, dark brown when dry, with c. 9-10 cm long peduncle (Fig. 11).
Distribution. Rare in Java. South-East Asia (Burma, Borneo, Philippines), New Guinea, Solomon
Islands.
Habitat and ecology. It grows as a trunk epiphyte, often in the first fork of a tree which has a light
canopy.
Specimens examined. Backer 7153 (BO), 2 sheets; Backer 1223 (BO), 2 sheets; Backer 1900 (BO),
2 sheets; R.C. Bakhuizen v/d Brink 5085 (BO), notes: abnormal flowers; Backer, no collector’s
number (BO)
2. Grammatophyllum stapeliiflorum (Teejsm. & Binn.) J.J.Sm., Orchid Java : 487 (1905);
Cymbidium stapeliaeflorum Teijs. & Binn. in Nat. Tidschr. Nid. Ind. 24 : 319 (1862); C. huttonii
Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 93 : t. 5676 (1867); Grammangis huttonii (Hook. f.). Benth. in Benth. &Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3 : 538 (1883); Cymbidium stephensii Ridl. in Jour. Bot.
38.: 71 (1900);
Grammangis stapiliaeflora (Teijsm. & Binn.). Schltr., in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 45, Beibl. 104 : 53
(1911).
Pseudobulbs short and conical, close together, 9–22.5 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, and bearing 2 or 3
leaves on each pseudobulb, internodes 2–6 with 0.5–7 cm length (Fig. 2). Leaves 15–40 cm long,
4–6.5 cm wide, oblong, apex acute, upper and lower surface glabrous, margins entire, leaf sheath
3.5–6 cm long. Inflorescences pendulous, 14–25 cm long, 10–12 flowers, abnormal flowers absent(Fig. 6). Flowers not wide open, c. 3 cm wide, greenish brown with purple to dark brown blotches(Fig. 7), the peduncles 1.2–2.5 cm. Dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, hooded, facing forward over thecolumn, 4 cm long, c. 2 cm wide (Fig. 12); lateral sepals greenish-brown with purple to dark brown
blotches, falcate, acute, 3.2–3.3 cm long, c. 1.6 cm wide. Petals densely blotched or spotted atbasal-half, dark brown at apical-half, spathulate, slightly curved, acute, c. 3.2 long, c. 1 cm wide
(Fig. 13). Lip trilobed, cream–pale yellow, blotched or spotted brown, lip disc with
two keelsfrom middle part of lip disc to base of epichile, c. 1 cm long, side-lobes oblong c. 2 cm long, c. 0.8
cm wide; mid-lobe obovate, c. 2.4 cm (Fig. 14). Column cream-yellowish, flushed brown, c. 2.5 cm
long, c. 0.3 cm wide (Fig. 15). Anther cap not seen.
Distribution. Java (West Java, Bogor, Cigudeg, Sukabumi, Cisolok, Sirnarasa, South of Babdoeng),
Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra and New Guinea.

Habitat and ecology. Epiphyte and terrestrial, found in primary forest and secondary forest, sealevel from 500 to 950 m.
Specimens examined. 79, 1905. Asep Sadili, Nurdin & Vway W.M. 92, 1999. (BO); Jacobson 2225,
1917. (BO); H.A.B. Bünnemeijer 299, 1917. (BO); R.C. Bakhuizen v d Brink 630, 1920. (BO); S.M.
Latif 18, 1934. (BO); W.F. Winckel 1951, 1928. (BO); Asep Sadili & Dian Komara 502, 2000. (BO).
Acknowledgements
The authors are thankful to LIPI, PROSEA, ASEAN centre for Biodiversity, Ministry of theEnvironment, Government of Japan, Herbarium Bogoriense and Botanical Gardens in Bogor fororganizing the training workshop and for permission to use and examine their specimens and foraccess to their living collection. Our sincere thanks go to our teacher, Ong Poh Teck and his
assistant, Wita Wardani for their guidance and assistance.
References
Comber, J.B. (1990). Orchids of Java. Royal Botanic Gardens, England.
WCSP (2012). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved 15th of March, 2012

Fig. 1. Large specimen of G. speciosum growing in Bogor Botanical Gardens. Photo: S.-H. Lee.

Fig. 2. Habit of G. stapeliiflorum from Orchid house in Bogor Botanical Gardens. Photo: P. Taraksa

Fig. 3 (left). Inflorescence of G. speciosum from Bogor. Fig. 4 (top right). Normal flower (frontview). Photos: S.-H. Lee. Fig. 5 (bottom right). Abnormal flower. Photo: P.T. Ong.

Fig. 6 (left). Inflorescence of G. stapeliiflorum from Peninsular Malaysia. Fig. 7 (right). Flower(front view). Photos: P.T. Ong.

Fig. 8 (top left). Dorsal sepal of G. speciosum from Bogor. Fig. 9 (top right) Petal. Fig. 10 (bottom
left). Lip. Fig. 11 (bottom right). Capsule. Photos: S.-H. Lee.

Fig. 12 (top left). Dorsal sepal of G. stapeliiflorum from Bogor. Fig. 13 (top right)(bottom left). Lip. Fig. 15 (bottom right). Column (side view). Photos: P. Taraksa.

Petal. Fig. 14

Group Arecaceae

A Taxonomic Revision of the Rattan Genus Daemonorops(Arecaceae: Calamoideae) in JavaLOWELL G. ARIBAL1, SOKHAVICHEABOTH CHAK2, HONG QUAN MAI3,
MOHD MASLIN ROZIZAN4, A.R. UMMUL-NAZRAH5 AND ADELLE WANG6
1

3

Central Mindanao University, Philippines; 2Ministry of Environment, Cambodia;
Biodiversity Conservation Agency, Vietnam; 4Forestry Department, Brunei Darussalam;
5
Forest Research Institute, Malaysia; 6National Parks Board, Singapore
Abstract

Four (4) species of Daemonorops are reported for Java, viz., D. melanochaetes, D. rubra, D. hirsuta
and one species proposed as new species, Daemonorops sp. nov. The presence of Daemonorops
hystrix in Java is confirmed although the name is regarded as a synonym of Daemonorops hirsuta.
Daemonorops oblonga Blume is reduced to synonymy under Daemonorops hirsuta. Daemonorops
sp. nov. is closely allied to Daemonorops hirsuta but differs in stem size, leaf sheath armature, andseed surface.
KEY WORDS: Daemonorops, new species, leaf sheath armature, Java.

Introduction
The rattans (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) include nine genera in South and Southeast Asia, viz.
Calamus, Calospatha, Ceratolobus, Daemonorops, Korthalsia, Plectocomia, Plectocomiopsis,
Pogonotium, and Retispatha. Calospatha has already been reduced to synonymy under Calamus(Dransfield et al. 2008). The genus Daemonorops includes about 112 species distributed fromAndaman Island, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan,
Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sumatera, Philippines, Taiwan, Sulawesi,
Thailand, and New Guinea (Dransfield et al. 2008). In Java, five (5) species had been reported by
Backer and Bakhuizen van den Brink (1968) including Daemonorops rubra, Daemonorops oblonga,
Daemonorops hystrix, Daemonorops melanochaetes, and Daemonorops palembanicus. Govaerts& Dransfield (2008) listed only three species in Java which include Daemonorops melanochaetes,
Daemonorops oblonga and Daemonorops rubra; and Daemonorops hystrix is reduced as asynonym of Daemonorops hisrsuta.

The genus Daemonorops was described by Blume (1830), based on a single species which
he named Daemonorops melanochaetes Blume. Daemonorops is the largest genus of climbing
rattans after Calamus. The genus is divided into two sections based on the inflorescence viz.,
Sections Cymbospatha and Piptospatha (Beccari 1911). Species in Section Cymbospatha haveconcave boat-shaped bracts which are at anthesis completely enclosed by the prophyll (the firstbract) and splitting longitudinally to expose the flowers, while Section Piptospatha the bracts split
to the base and only the lower part is enclosed by the prophyll (Rustiami et al. 2011). The bracts
in Section Piptospatha usually fall at anthesis and occasionally only the prophyll remains (Furtado
1953).
A taxonomic study of Daemonorops from Java has not yet been done. There were varied
number of species recognized based on published reports. For instance, Backer & Bakhuizen vanden Brink (1968) recognized Daemonorops palembanica, while Beccari (1911) stated that suchspecies only occurs in Palembang Province, Sumatra. Recently, Govaert & Dransfield (2008)

treated D. hystrix as a synonym species of D. hirsuta from Borneo; hence, there is a need to
examine the Daemonorops species in Java to determine the number of species and also establish theproof of status of D. hystrix as a species as reported by Backer and Bakhuizen van den Brink (1968).
Material and Methods
A total of 43 herbarium specimens from Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) of Daemonorops
species from Java were examined. Species morphological characteristics were determined andcomparative morphological data was used as the main source of evidence in developing species
concept (Davis & Heywood 1963; Dransfield 1999). Information recorded from the field such as
location, general habitat, altitude, association with other plant and among others, was also noted.
The type specimen is based on a photograph in Rumphia, Volume 2 & 3 (1847).
Taxonomic account
Daemonorops
Daemonorops Blume in J.A. & J. H. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7 (2): 1333 (1830).
Solitary or clustering rattans, acaulescent to high-climbing hapaxanthic (then always very
short stemmed) or paleonatic, dioecious. Sheaths usually heavily armed with spines, the spines
frequently highly organized. Flagellum absent. Knee frequently present. Leaves ecirrate inacaulescent species or longly cirrate. Leaflets variously arranged. Inflorescence male and female
superficially similar, but within the genus of two basic types: one with all bracts enclosed within theoutermost bract or prophyll, splitting along their length to exposed the flowers (Section
Cymbospatha) or the others with bract splitting along their entire length to leave no tubular portionand frequently falling (Section Piptospatha). Bracts variously armed. Partial inflorescences longer
than subtending bracts in Section Piptospatha; bracteoles and “involucres” inconspious. Malerachilla bearing male solitary flowers, male flowers small, cup-shaped; calyx with three small lobes;
corolla split to the base into 3 petals; stamen 6, slightly epipetalous; pistillode minute. Sterile male
flower found with each female flower, as the fertile male, but stamens with empty anthers. Femalerachilla bearing many flowers in dyads consists of one female flower and one sterile male flower.
Female flower with calyx truncate or shallowly 3-lobes; corolla with 3 petals; gynoecium with 3
stigmas and with 3 loculi. Sterile flower smaller or at least more slender than the female ones, withwell-formed calyx and corolla and 6 sterile stamens and an abortive ovary. Fruit variously shaped,
tipped with stigmatic remains and covered with reflexed scales. Seed only one, covered by thin to
thick, sweet or sour sarcotesta. Endosperms deeply ruminate. Embryo basal.
Distribution. 112 species. Based on Dransfield et al. (2008), the geographical distribution of
Daemonorops is more restricted than Calamus. The center of the distribution of both sections are
similar: China, India to New Guinea, specifically Sumatera, Malaya, Borneo and Malay Peninsula.
Daemonorops does not occur in Africa, Himalaya, India, and Sri Lanka, and Australia.
Habitat & ecology. Rather disturbed primary forest, on alluvial soils near rivers, flat to gently
slopping terrain, ridge tops, lowlands forest, and steep hill slopes in primary forest on volcanic soils.
(Rustiami et al. 2011). Species are mostly confined to primary tropical rain forest on a great variety
of soils, some species with narrow ecological requirements. A few are of a rather more weedy
nature, abundant in forest habitats with high-light intensities such as riverbanks; one species in
Borneo, Daemonorops longispatha, grows on the landward margin of mangrove forest. Some
species are strictly montane, occurring at altitudes up to ca. 2500 m above sea level. Several species
in Borneo are confined to heath forest, or to limestone, or serpentine rock. With so many species, it
is difficult to give more precise ecological data (Dransfield et al. 2008)
Identification key to Daemonorops species in Java
1a. Bracts concave boat-shaped which are at anthesis completely enclosed by the prophyll (the firstbract) and splitting longitudinally to expose the flowers….. Daemonorops melanochaetes
1b. Bracts split to the base and only the lower part is enclosed by the prophyll; usually fall atanthesis and occasionally only the prophyll remains………………………………………….2
2a. Fruit globose, with scanty red resinous sap, very shortly rostrate …... Daemonorops rubra
2b. Fruit oblong to obovoid, acute at apex, without red resinous sap ………………………..…3
3a. Stem very slender, leaf sheath covered by solitary, short, bulbous based spine, scattered aroundthe leaf sheath, seed rugose with a grove along one side………Daemonorops sp. nov.
3b. Stem robust, leaf sheath covered by rigid, irregular robust spines, seed without grove……………………………………………………………………. .. . … Daemonorops hirsuta
Species description of Daemonorops in Java
1. Daemonorops melanochaetes Blume, in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1333 (1830).
Type specimen: Rumphia, Vol. 2. Tab. 134.
Calamus melanochaetes (Blume) Miq., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk.
Daemonorops javanica Furtado, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 9: 170 (1937).

11: 28 (1868).

Gregarious clump forming rattan, climbing to 10 m. Stem with leaf sheath to 4 cm in diameter;
stem without leaf sheath 2 cm in diameter; leaf sheaths with dense long, brown-black spines; leaf
sheath mouth armed as the rest of the sheath. Knee prominent. Ocrea papery short, up to 1 cm
long. Leaves to 3 m, petiole to 30 cm long with backward spines on rachis, abaxially and adaxially.
Leaves very large, up to 400 cm; petiole stout, aculeate especially along the margins, 15-40 cm;
sheath with flat, short or long, more or less seriate prickles up to 4 cm long; leaf-segments linear,shortly acuminate, on lower surface with distinct side-nerves, thinly setose-aculeate, greyish green
when dry, larger ones 30-60cm by 15-28cm. Leaflets arranged regularly, consist of 50 pairs in one
side, basal leaflet 19.7-20.8cm, apical leaf 16.2cm long, 1cm width, the longest one 59 cm long;leaflets acuminate, thorny on the apex, reddish, transversal veinlets present, inconspicuously, small
bristles occur along main venation up to the apex; solitary hook like spine under leaf rachis; cirrus
50 cm-117 cm long, armed with hook like spines. Young male inflorescence enclosed inoverlapping spathes, prickles on outer primary spathe very thin, bristle-like solitary, black when dry,up to 3.5cm. Staminate inflorescences shortly peduncled or sessile, in outline broadly fusiform,
swollen. Male prophyll c. 22cm; spathes long-rostrate, outer ones lanceolate, narrowed towards theends, concave, 30-35cm or more by 3-5cm; inner spathes thin-papery, the lower ones more or lessaculeate, c. 30-40 cm, the other ones unarmed, shorter, inside brown. Pistillate inflorescence: female
fertile flower somewhat shorter than male; the sterile male flower about as long as female; maleprimary lateral axes dense, up to 13cm; calyx c. 2 mm; corolla c. 5 mm. Fruit globose, 18-20 mm;
scales 15-seriate; yellowish brown, with darker margins on the beak. Seed globose, 1.3 x 1.3 cm.
Distribution. W. Java to Central Java
Habitat & ecology. Lowland forest to hill slope, 150-800 m asl.
Uses. Not recorded.
Vernacular name. Not recorded
Specimen examined. W. Java, Lebak, Tjipatujah, 03 Aug. 1936, Soemawiria 2, fruiting (BO!); Java,
Lengkong, District Sukabumi, 14 Nov 1910, John Dransfield 1043, fruiting (BO!); Djember, N. lb.
Watangan 5, 28 Feb 1940, Chr. Neersteegh 4879, fruiting (BO!); Batavia Depok, 1923, Beumie
5689, fruiting (BO!); Central Java, Argodjembangan, 25 Nov 1951, A. Kostermans 6348, fruiting(BO!, K, A).
Note. This is the only species of Daemonorops Section Cymbospatha occur in Java. This species
can be recognized easily by having the first bract (prophyll) enclosed the whole inflorescence.
2. Daemonorops rubra (Reinw. ex Mart.) Blume, Rumphia 3:6 (1847). Type specimen picture
seen in Rumphia’s book kept in BO.
Calamus ruber (Reinw. ex Mart., Hist. nat./ palm. 3: 209 (1838); Palmijuncus ruber (Reinw. ex Mart) Kuntze, revis.
Gen. pl. 2:732 (1891).
Daemonorops accedens Blume, Rumphia 2: vii (1838); Calamus accedens (Blume) Miq., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad.
Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk. 11: 28 (1868). Palmijuncus accedens (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. pl. 2: 734 (1891);

Rotang accedens (Blume) Baill., Hist. Pl. 13: 300 (1895).

Tall climbing clustering rattan climbing up to 10m. Stem without leaf sheaths 2 cm in diameter,with leaf sheath 4 cm. Leaf sheath armed with robust, oblique, bulbous based in groups ofspines and covered by scanty rusty indumentums. Knee prominently present, papery ocrea
present, inconspicuously. The whole length leaves 3 m long, petiole 26.5–30 cm long, petiole
armed with spines reflected blackish, spines 0.6–4 cm long; leaflets 30 pairs, arranged regularly,
leaflet 43 cm x 2.6 cm, cirrus to 50–130.7 cm. Staminate and pistillate inflorescence unknown.
Infructescence 36-44 cm long, prophyll 15.5-30 cm long and 3-3.5 cm width, peduncle 18 cm
long; consists 6-7 partial infructescence. Fruit 2-2.1 cm long, globose with scanty red resinous
sap, very shortly rostrate, covered with 8 scales in vertical rows, and 9 scales in horizontal rows.
Seed globose; 1.1 cm long, 1.3 cm width.
Distribution. W. Java to E. Java
Habitat & Ecology. Lowland forest to hill dipterocarp forest at the river valley, 15-675 m asl.
Uses. Not recorded.
Vernacular name. Not recorded
Specimens examined. W. Java, Tjibalanac, Tjipatudjah, Tasikmalaja, 25 Jan 1971, J. Dransfield
1200, fruiting (BO); Java, Tjibalanac, Tjipatudjah, Tasikmalaja, s.n.; Tjibalanac, Tjipatudjah
Tasik Malaia, 25 Jan 1971, John Dransfield 1185, fruiting (BO!, BH, K); South Sukabumi,
Lengkong Forest Reserve, 15 July 1977, J.P. Mogea 1259, sterile (BO!, BH, K); Java, Hutan
Lindung Lengkong Cisampurawangun, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat, 17 Oct 1993, Ram & MJ 1, sterile(BO); Salak, 17 April 1936, Heyne 3, fruiting (BO); G. Handjuang Forest Reserve, Tjiletuh,
Lengkong (district Sukabumi), 25 Nov 1970, John Dransfield 1066, fruiting (BO!); Beccari, X.E.31,
fruiting (BO!); Pendjalim Ajam, 30 June 1916, Koorders 4292, fruiting (BO!); Pasir Kempoek
Nirmala, Backer 11099, fruiting (BO!); Bivak Denbe Tjipatudja, Backer 9080, fruiting (BO!);
Tjimonyet, Lengkong District Sukabumi, 14 Nov. 1970, John Dransfield 1052, fruiting (BO!, K).
Notes. This is the only species in Dragon’s blood group of rattans in Java. The rest of the groupoccur in Borneo, Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra (Rustiami et al. 2004).
3. Daemonorops hirsuta Blume, Rumphia 2: t. 135 (1843). Beccari Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta
2:135 (1911).Type specimen: t 135 in Rumphia 2 (1843).
Calamus hirsutus (Blume) Miq., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk. 11:28 (1868); Palmijuncus hirsutus(Blume) Kentze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891).
Calamus oblongus Reinw. ex Blume in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7:1323 (1830), Daemonorops oblonga(Reinw. ex Blume) Blume, Rumphia 3:25 (1847), synonym novum
Calamus platyacanthus Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3:206 (1838); Daemonorops platyacantha (Mart.) Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm.
3 (ed.2): 204 (1845); Palmijuncus platyacanthus (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:732 (1891).
Calamus hystrix Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 70 (1845); Daemonorops hystrix (Griff.) Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3:
328 (1853); Palmijuncus hystrix (Griff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 733 (1891); Daemonorops hystrix var. exulans
Becc., Rec. Bot Surv. India 2:224 (1902): Daemonorops hystrix var. minor Becc., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta)
12(1): 138 (1911).

Moderate clustering rattan with stems climbing to 10 m. Stem without sheaths to 0.13 – 1 cm indiameter, with sheaths to 0.3–1.75 cm; internodes 10–15 cm. Sheaths dull brownish green, swollen
in upper half, ferrugineously furfuraceous, strongly aculeate (2-4 cm); prickles on mouth of sheathmuch longer. Knee prominently present. Ocrea inconspicuous. The whole length of the leaves
120-150 cm long; petiole 30 cm – 50 cm long, 0.4 cm diameter, armed with solitary spines on theedge, spines 0.2-0.3cm long. Leaflets very regular to 60 pairs, basal leaflet 23 cm x 0.6 cm, medianleaflets-20.3 cm x 1.4 cm and apical leaf 22.4 cm x 1 cm, leaf cirrate to 2.5 m including petiole to40 cm and cirrus to 75–77 cm; leaflets acuminate, thorny on the apex, reddish, small bristles occur
along main venation up to the apex; solitary hook like spine under leaf rachis; cirrus 40 cm long.
Staminate inflorescence unknown. Infructescence erect, c. 40 cm long, prophyll 10.5– 11cm x
3.2cm with scattered solitary spines up to 0.8cm long, peduncle 7.2-24.1 cm long; consist of 4

partial inflorescence, rachilla 2.0-2.2 cm long, with up 7-9 fruits. Fruit c. 1.6 – 2.1 cm long, 0.6–1
cm wide, ellipsoid-oblong, covered with up to 12–15 scales in vertical rows, and 7–8 scales inhorizontal rows with slightly darker margins. Young fruit oblong, pale green. Seed oblongobovate and without grove, 2.1 cm long, 1 cm wide.
Habitat & ecology. Lowland forest to hill slope, 50-1550 m asl.
Uses. Not recorded
Vernacular name. Not recorded.
Specimens examined. West Java Tjibodas, 08 Jan 1971, John Dransfield 1130, fruiting (BO!,BH, K, L); E. Java, Sukamade, Cagar alam Meru/Betiri, 21 May 1973, John Dransfield 3535,
fruiting (BO!, BH, L, K); W. Java,Tjibalanac, Tjipatudjah, Tasikmalaja, 23 Jan 1971, John
Dransfield 1152, fruiting (BO!); Mt. Halimun National Park, slope Mt. Kendeng, 10 Mar 2000, W.S.
Hoover, M. Hendra and J. Hunter 32826, fruiting (BO); Gn. Halimun, 25 Mar 2003, Natsuki
Watanabe K 14801, fruiting (BO), E. Java, Sukamade, Cagar Alam Meru/Betiri, 21 May 1973,
John Dransfield 3538, fruiting (BO!, BH, K); Java, Mt. Salak, Heyne 4, fruiting (BO!); Java
Sukamade, Meru Betiri Nature Reserve, 20 April 1980, U. Warsita Mahyar 9, sterile (BO!, BH, L);
Province Djember Besuki, 17 Aug 1895, Koorders 2973, fruiting (BO!); Jambi, Kerinci Seblat
National Park, Lekok 50 Tumbi, Dusun Baru Village, Lempur District, Kerinci Regency, 14 Aug
2000, Joko R. Witono 156, fruiting (BO!, K); Sukamade, Meru Betiri Nature Reserve, 20 April 1980,
U. Warsita Mahyar 16, fruiting (BO!, BH, K); Res. Besoeki Libjin, 1916, Koorders 42933, sterile(BO!); Salak, Heyne 21, fruiting (BO!); Cimonyet, Lengkong District Sukabumi, 14 Nov 1970,
John Dransfield 1053, fruiting (BO!); G. Handjuang Forest Reserve, Tjiletuh, Lengkong, District
Sukabuni, 26 Nov, John Dransfield 1074, fruiting (BO!); Pasir Kempaek Nirmala, 25 Dec 1913,
Backer 11098, fruiting (BO!)
Note. This species slightly similar to Daemonorops sp. nov., but it differs in the stem size, morerobust, leaf sheath covered by rigid, short, irregular based spines, seed without grove.
4. Daemonorops sp. nov.
Scandent rattan, slender 0.8 cm – 0.9 cm. Stem with leaf sheath about 0.8 cm in diameter, without
leaf sheath about 0.4 cm in diameter; leaf sheath armed with solitary, bulbous based spine, up to 1.5
cm long; leaf sheath mouth armed as the rest of the sheath, some spines short. Knee present
conspicuously, armed as the rest of the sheath. The whole length of the leaves unknown; petiole
21.1cm – 25.8 cm long, 0.4 cm diameter, armed with solitary spines on the edge, spines 0.2-0.3cm
long. Leaflets arranged regularly, basal leaflet 19.7-20.8cm apical leaf 16.2cm long, 1cm width;leaflets acuminate, thorny on the apex, reddish, transversal veinlets present, inconspicuously, small
bristles occur along main venation up to the apex; solitary hook like spine under leaf rachis; cirrus
6.8cm-7.0cm long. Staminate inflorescence unknown. Young inflorescence present. Pistillate
inflorescence pendulous, prophyll 15.4cm long darker near the mouth with scattered solitary spines
up to 0.8cm long, peduncle 6.4cm long, two keeled; consist of 4 partial inflorescence, rachilla 2.02.2 cm long, with up 7-9 fruits. Fruit pendulous, about 0.8 cm -2 cm long, 0.7cm-1.1cm wide,
oblong to obovoid, creamy brown when dried, apical beak present, up to 1 mm only; covered withup to 12 scales in vertical rows, a bit darker on the tip. Seed oblong, rugose with a grove along
one side; 1.2cm long; 0.8cm wide; endosperm deeply ruminate. Young seedling unknown.
Distribution. Only known from type locality.
Habitat. Not recorded.
Uses. Not recorded.
Vernacular name. Not recorded
Specimens examined. Java, Pasir Walang, Nanggerang, 17 Aug 1913, Backer 8729c, fruiting(Holotype: BO!); Backer 8727, young inflorescence (BO!).
Note. This species slightly similar to Daemonorops hystrix in fruit characters, but it differs in thestem size which is more slender than the latter species, leaf sheath covered by solitary, short,bulbous based spines, scattered around the leaf sheath, seed oblong, rugose with a grove along one

side.
DISCUSSION
Based on evaluation of morphological characters of 45 herbarium specimens kept in BO confirmedthat there are four species of Daemonorops occur in Java. The Daemonorops of Java divided into
two sections, D. melanochaetes (Section Cymbospatha) and the other three species in section
Piptospatha (D. rubra, D. Hirsuta, and Daemonorops sp. nov.). D. rubra can be distinguishedeasily by having red resin on the fruit scales.
Backer & Bakhuizen van den Brink (1968) mentioned earlier that D. palembanica occur in Java.
However based on this study, this species does not occur in Java and can only be found in Sumatra
island. Whereas Govaert et al. (2008) stated only three species of Daemonorops occur in Java.
Taxonomic problem appeared when dealt with D. hystrix complex. Dransfield et al. (1997)
mentioned that D. hystrix complex (including D. hirsuta) has proved to be taxonomically difficult.
Daemonorops hystrix in Java is confirmed as occurring in Java, although the name is regarded as asynonym of Daemonorops hirsuta (Govaerts & Dransfield 2005). Based on thorough examinationof specimens, this study treats one other species of Daemonorops from Java, D. oblonga, asconspecific with D. hirsuta (as the earliest valid name of this species complex).
One new species proposed in this study. This new species closely allied to D. hirsuta.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and Herbarium Bogoriense (BO), the ASEAN
Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan for allowing
us to participate in the training.
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Group Zingiberaceae

Taxonomic Study of genus Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) of JavaJOFREE BIN HAJI ALI AHMAD1, KAO SOSATYA2, KYI KYI KHING3,SOMMANUSSA SAENGRIT4, INA ERLINAWATI5, KANAKO MATSUYAMA6
ABSTRACT. The genus Alpinia is the most taxonomically complex genus in the Zingiberaceae
with 230 species occurring throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. Species of Alpinia often
dominant in the understory of forests, while others are important ornamental and medicinal plants.
They are diverse from country to country and there are four species belong to this genus(Zingiberaceae) in Java, Indonesia for group study at the Training Workshop on Taxonomy of
Terrestrial Plants (Monocots) at Herbarium Bogoriense, RC Biology – LIPI, Indonesia. They are
well defined and demonstrated.
KEY WORDS: Zingiberaceae, Alpinia, Terrestrial, Herbarium Bogoriense, Java, Indonesia.
INTRODUCTION
Alpinia Roxb. is the largest and most widespread genus in the Zingiberaceae with lot of
species occurring from Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India to China, Japan, all of South-east
Asia, the Pacific as far as Fiji, Samoa, and the Caroline Islands, and Australia as far south as
Northern New South Wales (Larsen et al., 1998; Smith, 1990). Most species grow in low- to midelevation forests and form clumps with stems from 1–4 m high, although species in east of
Wallace's Line tend to grow much larger. It is also the type genus of the tribe Alpinieae, a rich of
the family Zingiberaceae. This tribe consists of evergreen herbs, in which an abscission layer
between the rhizome and the leafy shoots is lacking, the plane of distichy of the leaves is transverseto the direction of growth of the rhizome, and the lateral staminodes of the flowers are small,
reduced to swellings at either side of the base of the labellum, or are entirely absent. Extrafloral
nectaries are absent, and the fruit is usually spherical and dehiscent or fleshy (Kress et al., 2002).
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Forestry Officer, Brunei National Herbarium, Brunei Forestry Centre, Brunei Darussalam.
Vice Chief, Office of Clearing House Mechanism, ICBD, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia.
Forest Officer, The Forest Herbarium, Department of National Park, Wildlife & Plant Conservation, Bangkok, Thailand.
Research Assistant 3, Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation & Forestry, Myanmar.
Herbarium Bogoriense, Java Raya Jakarta-Bogor KM46 Cibinong, Indonesia.
Agricultural Science Program, Graduate School of Integrated Arts & Sciences, Kochi University, Osonekou, Nannkoku-shi, Kochi, Japan.

Then, within the tribe Alpinieae, generic limits are difficult to discern. While some genera
may be easily recognized by their respective morphological characters and/or geographic
distribution, it is hard to identify an apomorphy or universal character for species currently assigned
to Alpinia. Virtually all species flower terminally on the leafy shoots and all are Asiatic. These
characters distinguish Alpinia from the Afro-American Renealmia, in which most species produce
inflorescences on a separate, leafless shoot from the rhizome, but do not uniquely separate it fromother members of the Alpinieae.
Perennial, erect herbs, with numerous leafy stems, 0.5-4 m high, rhizomes fleshy, creeping.
Leaves numerous, distichous, lanceolate to ovate, lower and upper ones smallest, finely pinnately
veined, subglabrous; usually petiolate, often sheathing ligule well-developed. Inflorescence usuallyterminal on leafy stem, spicate, paniculate or racemose, erect or occasionally drooping, when young
usually protected by spathe-like sterile bracts; fertile bracts subtending a cincinnus of 2-many
flowers; bracteoles normally present, sometimes tubular. Flowers bisexual, small to large, red,orange, yellowish to cream or white; calyx tubular, sometimes splitting unilaterally when flower
expands; corolla tubular, tube usually not longer then the calyx, 3-lobed, lobes unequal, dorsal one
largest, more or less hooded; labellum (anterior staminodes) usually large and showy, 2 lateralstaminodes small or absent; fertile stamen one, subsessile or with well-developed filament, anthersometimes crested; ovary inferior, 3-locular, surrounded by messive glands, stigma expanded with anarrow, hairy orifice. Fruit a few-many-seeded, dehiscent capsule, crowned by calyx remnants.
Seed angular, arillate, often aromatic.
Alpinia normally prefers humid, shady conditions and not too high temperatures, at leastduring the night, e.g. 27-30oC during daytime and 17-18oC at night. They often occur in secondary
vegetation, bamboo and teak forest, brushwood and ravines, rarely in primary forest. Near villages,
they usually grow in the open. They require rich soils. A. galanga requires sunny or moderately
shady locations. Soils should be fertile, moist but not swampy. Sandy-clay soils rich in organic
matter and with a good drainage are preferred.
U s e s. — The rhizome of medicinally used Alpinia is generally taken as a stomachic, forindigestion, stomach-ache and diarrhea, and also as an emetic and as an expectorant. It is also
externally applied for rheumatism, wounds, sores and ringworm. The leaves are used for the latter
purpose as well, with the intention of drawing blood to the skin.
KEYS TO SPECIES OF ALPINIA OF JAVA (INDONESIA)
1. Inflorescence raceme
2. Bracteole connate and cup shaped, truncate, persistent; labellum bright orange with a broad
white margin
1. A. javanica
2. Bracteole opened to base, acute, caducous; labellum yellowish with red-spot at base redveins near margin
2. A. malaccensis
1. Inflorescence panicle
3. Inflorescence pubescent; primary bracts 12-15.5 x 1- 2 cm, apex acuminate
3. A. galanga
3. Inflorescence glabrous; primary bracts 3.6-14x0.4-1.8 cm, acuminate with long tip
4. A. scabra
1. A. javanica Blume, Enum Pl. Javae I: 59, 1827
A. javanica Blume in Backer & Bakhuizen van Den Brink, Fl. Java III: 207 (1968). A.
javanica Blume in Holttum, Gard. Bul. Sing. 13(1): 145-146 (1950).
S y n.
Languas javanica (Blume) Burkhill, Bul. Misc. Inform. (1935) 318. – Type: H.Kuhl & J.C.
van Hansen s.n. (holo L), Java.
Alpinia blumei D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. I (1839) 13. – Type: Material not seen.
Alpinia involucrate Griff. , Not. Pl. Asiat. 3 (1815) 422. – Type: Material not seen.
Alpinia campanaria Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 86 (1927) 308. – Type: H.N.
Ridley (20 December 1920) (holo K), Peninsular Malaysia.
Description. — Herbaceous plant stems close together, about 2 to 3 m high, swollen at base,greenish to brown. Leaves lanceolate, with unequal, acute base, gradually shortly acuminate(tapering with elongate tip), about 58 to 83 cm by 9 to 14 cm, light green; petioles pubescent,
about 2.5 to 6 cm long; ligule, about 1 to 2 cm long, with truncate-obtuse, bilobed apex. Midrib
stout with finely hairy. Primary side nerve thicker, whereas secondary one thin reticulate. Leaf
sheath densely hairy near base of petiole and ligule. Inflorescence terminally erect or more or lesspendulous, raceme, to about 20 cm long, tomentose, surrounded by 2 or 3 long persistent, narrowly
obovate, many-nerved, papillose lower primary bracts, up to about 12 by 4 cm; peduncle more orless terete, the part protruding above the apex of leaf sheath very short; rachis thick flattened,bearing about 6 – 12 cincinni, stalks of cincinni variable about 2 to 6 cm long; primary bracts notconnate, lower ones very large, spathaceous, the outer ones obovate, with rounded apex, glabrous,
thin, brittle when dry; secondary bracts numerous, persistent, broad cup-shaped, the 2 outer ones
about equal in size and permanently connate, white or pinkish, the mouth about 2 – 3 cm across,hairy at base and near edges. Flower pedicels about 2 to 3 cm long, pubescence; calyx funnelshaped, with truncate-faintly lobed upper margin, more or less glabrous, c. 2.5 cm. Labellum
broadly obovate, curled in upper half, bright orange with a broad white margin, 4 to 5 cm.

Infructescence about 16 to 26 cm long. Fruits globose, 1 to 2 cm diameter, with persistent calyces,
0.5 to 1.0 cm long, slightly hairs, green turning red when ripe; stalk stout, about 60 mm long.
D i s t r i b u t i o n. — Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra and Moluccas.
Altitude at below 600 m.
H a b i t a l a n d E c o l o g y. — Primary to secondary forest.
U s e s. — Fruits are said to be edible.
S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d.— JAVA: Batam, between Citorek and Monjang, June 22,
1911, C.A. Bacher 1807 (BO); Bogor, Doeugoes Iwoel, 1927, J. Beumee A.505 (BO). BORNEO:
East Kalimantan, Samarinda, Lempake, Universiti Mulawarman, Kebun Raya, 100 m asl. Aug 28,
1974, H. Wiriadinata 354 (BO). PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: Johore, base of Gunong Bekok, Nov
19, 1946, M.R. Henderson 38221; Perak, NE of Tapah, Kp. Sekam, alt. 700 m, Sept 2, 1982, W. Ave
110 (BO). SUMATRA: Indrgiri Hulu, Kec. Singingi, Peteai, S.M. Bukit Rimbang – Bukit Baling,
Mar 3, 1991, E.A. Widjaja 4045 (BO); Palembang, Mocara Boea, July 10, 1915, W. Grashoff 522(BO); Palembang, Banjarmasin, Sept 28, 1915, W. Grashoff 641 (BO); Palembang, A.Loear, July
26, 1928, C.N.A. de Voogl 202 (BO): Palembang, July 1920, F.H. Endert 999 (BO): Lampong, Kota
Agung, Aug 22, 1915, Cramer 77 (BO): N. Sumatra, Bukit Lawang-Bohorak-Longkat, Feb 28,
1973, Soedarsono 398 (BO). NB. For the purpose of educational prospective we used specimensfrom other regions because of only two sets of javanese specimens available at BO.

Figure 1:
Family: ZINGIBERACEAE
Botanical Name:
A. javanica

2.

A. malaccensis (Burm. f.) Holtt.
A. javanica Blume in Backer & Bakhuizen van Den Brink, Fl. Java III: 207 (1968). A.
javanica Blume in Holttum, Gard. Bul. Sing. 13(1): 145-146 (1950).

S y n.
Maranta malaccensis Burm. f., Fl. Indica (1768) 2.
Languas malaccensis (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19 (1921) 343.
Catimbium malaccense (Burm. f.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 13 (1950) 155.
D e s cription. — Herb 1-4 m. rhizome ca. 2.5 cm in diameter. Leaves lanceolate 40-94 by
6-13.5(-20) cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, undersurface and margin pubescent;petiole 3-7 cm. Ligules triangular up to 1 cm long, hairy; leaf sheaths closely longitudinally veined,
hairy. Inflorescence racemose, in all parts densely covered with ferrugineous hairs. Bracts
lanceolate, 13-45 cm, acute, hairy. Peduncle about 10 cm. Rachis 20-30 cm, angular. Bracteoles
white, ovate, 1.5-3 by 1 cm, acute, thin, sparsely hairy. Flowers white. Calyx white, funnel-shaped,
hairy outside; tube 1-2 cm long; lobes 3, 1-1.3 by 1 cm, acuminate, red-tipped. Corolla white; tube
1-1.5 cm long; lobes oblong, 1.5-4 by 1-1.5 cm, apex obtuse, margin entire, hairy; labellum broadly
ovate, 3-6 by 3-5.5 cm, apex 3-lobed, narrowed base, margin crenate, undulate, yellow with reddish
brown at central and red lines at margin. Stamens white; filaments strap-shaped, 1-1.3 cm long,sparsely hairy; anther creamy white 1.7 by 0.8 cm; lateral staminode 2, ca. 0.5 cm long, red, hairy.
Ovary globose, densely hairy. Capsule globose, ca. 3 cm in diameter, pubescent, orange to red; seed
3-4 angular, about 5 mm long, glabrous.
V e rnacular Nam es.— INDONESIA: laja gowah (Sundanese), langkuas malaka (Maluccas),susuk (Lampung). MALAYSIA: puar, bangle. PHILIPPINES: tagbak babae (Tagalog), barapat(Igorot), birao-birao (Sulu), THAILAND: kha paa (northern, north-eastern). VIETNAM: ri[eef]ng
malacca.
D i s t r i b u t i o n. — India towards Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippine.
Habital and Ecolo g y. — Primary and secondary forest; bamboo and teak forest, brushwood,ravines and shaded rocky outcrops at lowland to 1,000 m.
U s e s. — All plant parts are fragrant, and contain essential oils. In Java the pounded rhizome
is used to cure wounds and sores. An infusion of the ripe and unripe fruits with a little salt is takeras an emetic. In the Philippines a decoction of the fruit or the crushed seed is applied for gastralgiawith tympanites. A decoction is used for bathing feverish people. The rhizomes were chewed in the
Moluccas together with batel nut (Areca catechu L.) to make the voice strong and clear. The
rhizome is occasionally used as a spice, and is eaten as a vegetable in India. The pounded rhizome
is also used as an ingredient of poison.
S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d.— Purwokerto (Pandak), alt. 100 m, Feb. 1, 1969, Bernadius
CO9041 (BO); Java, Oct. 19, 1942, D.T.H. 1352 (BO); Treangu, Java, alt. 1,000 m, Dec. 13, 1918,
W. F. Winckel 328 B (BO); Kiara Pajoeng. N. va. Tjiandjoer, West Java, alt. 550 m, Mar. 29, 1918,
C.A. Backer 23577 (BO); Ujung Kolon National Park, West Java, June, 14, 2008, D. Arifiani, A.
Supriatna, Adang DA686 (BO); Gunung Tukung Gede Nature Reserve, West Java, June, 27, 2009,
T. Djarwaningsih, M. Amir & Supriatna TD 918 (BO).

Figure 2:
Family: ZINGIBERACEAE
Botanical Name:
A. malaccensis
3.

A. galanga (L.) Willd.
Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd., Wiild. Sp. pl. 1 (1797) 12. – Basionym: Maranta galanga L.,
Sp. pl., ed. 2, 1 (1762) 3. – Languas galanga (L.) Stuntz, U. S. D. A. Bur. Pl. Industr.Bull.
261 (1912) 21. – Type: Herb. Amboin. 5: 143, t. 63 (1747).
S y n.
Heritiera alba Retz., Observ. Bot. 6 (1791) 18. – Alpinia alba (Retz.) Roscoe, Trans. Linn.
Soc. London 8 (1807) 346. – Type: J.G. Konig s.n., specimen lost.
Alpinia pyramidata Blume, Enum. pl. Javae (1827) 58. – Languas pyramidata (Blume)
Merr., Enum Philipp. fl. pl. 1 (1923) 233. – Type: C.L. von Blume s.n. (holo L), Java.
Alpinia carnea Griff., Not. pl. asiat. 3 (1851) 420. – Type: Material not located.
Alpinia viridiflora Griff., Not. pl. asiat. 3 (1851) 423. – Type: Material not located.
Alpinia rheedii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6 (1853) 19, t. 2026. – Type: Material not
located.
Alpinia zingiberiana Hook. f., Bot. Mag. (1887)t. 6944. – Type: Material not located.
Alpinia bifida Warb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13 (1891) 275. – Type: Material not located.
Nguas javanica (Blume) Burkhill, Bul. Misc. Inform. (1935) 318. – Type: H.Kuhl & J.C.
van Hansen s.n. (holo L!), Java.
Alpinia blumei D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. I (1839) 13. – Type: Material not located.
Alpinia involucrate Griff. , Not. Pl. Asiat. 3 (1815) 422. – Type: Material not located.
Alpinia campanaria Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 86 (1927) 308. – Type: H.N.
Ridleys (20 December 1920) (holo K), Peninsular Malaysia.

Description. — A robust herb, stems closely tufted, up to 2–3.5 m. Leaves lanceolate, about
22-46.5 cm x 3–9.5 cm, glabrous except for short-hairy base of midrib beneath and sometimes theedges toward the apex, apex acute or shortly acuminate and very shortly pointed; cuneate leaf base(wedge-shaped, triangular and tapering to a point at the base, petiole 0.5–1 cm long, more or lesshairy beneath; ligule truncate (with the apex or base squared at the end as if cut off), to 1 cm long,short hairy. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, racemiform, erect, pubescent, 15-32 cm long,peduncle 3.5 – 8.5 cm long; lateral branched of inflorescence 0.5–6 cm, rachis cincinnate bearing1–5 flower (Indiarto 6). Bracts with linear nerved, lanceolate, 12 x 1-1.5 cm, apex acuminate, thelowermost of bracts much longer, 15.5 x 1-2 cm (D. Sulistiarini 79). Flowers white-yellowish (D.
Sulistiarini 79), calyx tubular, about 1 cm long, white, corolla tube terete about 1 cm long, 3 lobed,
margin of corolla ciliate, white, labellum spatulate, white veined with reddish. Fruit obovate,crowned with persistent calyx, glabrous, rugose when dry, diam. 1-1.4 cm.
V e r n a c u l a r N a m e s.— Lengkuas merah (Indonesian), Laja (Sundanese), Laos (Javanese).
D i s t r i b u t i o n. — Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sabah, Kalimantan, Philippines.
Habital and Ecolo g y. — Secondary forest about 300 m alt (Indarto 6), cultivated at village(D. Sulistiarini 79) or Kebun Obat (Taopik Ridwan s.n).
U s e s. — The rhizome is generally used as spice or source of essential oil and widelynusedin traditional medicine, in skin diseases, respiratory diseases, as a stomachic after childbirth, forintestinal problems, cancer of mouth and stomach and as an expectorant. In Java, the grated rhizome
with a little salt is given on an empty stomach for an enlarged spleen. In the Philippines the rhizome
are considered carminative and stimulant. The flowers and the young shoots are used as vegetable
or as aspice. The compound galangin dyes wool yellow and yellowish-green with appropriate
mordants. The seeds have the same taste and odour as the rhizome and are prescribed in Peninsular
Malaysia in colic, diarrhoea, vomiting and herpes. An infusion of the leaves is taken as a postpartum medicine (Ibrahim Halijah 2001).
S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d.— INDONESIA, West Java, Kebun Obat Unik Konservasi
Budidaya Biofarmaka IPB Darmaga Bogor, 250 m alt., Taopik Ridwan s.n., 2 sheets (BO);Indonesia, West Java, Tamanjaya, 29 Jan. 1984, D. Sulistiarini 79 (BO); Indonesia, West Java,
Jasinga, Haur Bentes, 300 m alt., 20 March 1986, Indarto 6, 2 sheets (BO); Indonesia, Cultivated in
Djerokarta, leg.ign. s.n. (BO); Cultivated in Hort. Bog. Java, C.H.B. No. XV. K.B. LX VII. 5, 2
sheets (BO).

Figure 3:
Family: ZINGIBERACEAE
Botanical Name:
A. galanga

4.

A. scabra (BL.) Burk.
Alpinia scabra (Blume) Naves, Nov. app. (1880) 226.
S y n.
Basionym: Hellenia scabra Blume, Enipl, Javae (1827) 60. — Languas scabra (Blume)
Burkill, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 6 (19260. — Type: H. Kuhi & J.C. van Hasselt s.n.
(September) (holo L), Hariang.

D e s c r i p t i o n. — Stems 2-3 m. tall when flowering. Leaves 35.6-48.5 by 4.95-8.2 cm.
oblong, edges with scattered stiff hairs, apex rather shortly acuminate, base cuneate, lower surface
short-hairy or sometimes almost glabrous; petiole to about 1 cm. long; ligule to 1cm. long, usuallywith 2 or 3 large branches (3.4-13.3 cm. long) in the lower part, the branches in the axils of long
sheaths; apical portion, bearing short cincinni only, 20-30 cm. long; rachis rather stout, short-hairyor almost glabrous. Primary bracts towards base of inflorescence very small; towards apex up to 8
mm. long. Stalks of cincinni 1-2.5cm. long; up to 6 flowers on each. Secondary bracts about 1mm.
long. Pedicel slender, about 5 mm. long: ovary at flowering about 1 mm. long. Calyx 5 mm. long,broadly, tubular, white, unequally 3-lobed, tips of lobes shortly pointed, hairy. Corollatube slender,
8 mm. long; lobes about 10 mm. long, white. Labellum shorter than the corolla-lobes, white, cleft
almost to the base, the two halves bilobed with narrow apical and wider lateral lobe. Filament
elongating to nearly 1 cm.; anther 5 mm. long with a small crest. Staminodes hardly 1 mm. long,
tooth-like, at base of lip. Fruit round, smooth, black, 10-12 mm. diameter, containing few seeds.
V e r n a c u l a r N a m e s.— Lengkuas Raya.
D i s t r i b u t i o n. — Java (probably Sumatra also) and Malay Peninsula.
H a b i t a l a n d E c o l o g y. — It is common at moderate elevations (1,000-3,000 feet) on
mountains in all parts of Malaya, and in the lowlands in N, Johore at least, and has been collectedmany times. Ridley describes the lip as bifid, the lobes are bilobed, much as in A. melanocalpa, but
the median cleft much deeper.
U s e s. — The leaves and rhizomes of A. scabra were used to perform preliminary cytotoxic
tests against selected human cancer cell lines, namely MCF7 (hormone-dependant breast carcinoma
cell line), HT29 (colon carcinoma cell line) and SKOV-3 (ovarian cancer cell line) by using an invitro neutral red cytotoxicity assay.
S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d.— INDONESIA, Mt.Halimun NP, West Java, Mar 10, 2000,
W. S. Hoover 32822 (BO); Lensi Jamang, Cisarua, Mt.Halimun NP, West Java, alt. 900m, Jul 14,
2000, Asep sadidi & Dian Komara, 485 (BO); Mt.Halimun NP, West Jawa, alt. 700m, July 17,
2002, Gravendeel & De Wilde & Hovenkanp & Wiriadinata & students, 571 (BO); Citalahab,
Mt. Halimun NP, West Java, alt. 1100m, Mar 20, 2004, 2283 (BO); Cikniki to Kendong,
Mt.Halimun NP, West Java, Mar 9, 2000, H. Wiriadinata & J. Hunter, alt.1000-1200m, 31448(BO); Mt. Kendong, Mt.Halimun NP, West Java, alt. 900-1000m, Mar 7, 2000, W. S. Hoover & J.
Hunter, 32709 (BO).

Figure 4:
Family: ZINGIBERACEAE
Botanical Name:
A. scabra

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Zingiberaceae Group would definitely like to express their gratitude to Ministry of theEnvironment (Government of Japan), ACB-JAIF, PROSEA Association, and Herbarium Bogoriense(RC Biology – LIPI, Indonesia) for financial support and organizing this Training Workshop.
Also to the organizing committees especially Dr. Teguh Triono and his team for their good job andpreparing the training workshop and our thanks goes to Masaya Tatara, Ph. D. (MoE Japan), Dr.
Ichikawa (JWRC), Dr. Filiberto Pollisco, Jr. (JAIF-ACB Project). Thanked to all resource person
and lecturers of the training workshop, Ms. Mari Takehara, Dr. Edwino Fernando, Dr. Eizi Suzuki,
Dr. Ary P. Kerim and Mr. Ong Poh Teck together with the assistances, Dr. Rugayah, Dr. Himmah
Rustiami and Ms. Wita Wardani. Special thanks are due to Dr. Hidenobu Funakoshi for supervisingand guiding us and also the Herbarium Bogoriense staffs for providing technical support andmaterials in preparing this scientific report during the training workshop.

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