| published in: | Flora Cochinchinensis 64, 81. 1790. | ||
| distribution: | South-Eastern Asia; from India to coastal China, Indonesia and Papua | map: | |
| subfamily: | Lasioideae | ||
| no. of species: | 2 | cultivars: | not known |
| chromosome count: 2n=26 | |||
| morphology: | creeping to erect helophytes, geophytes juvenile leaves sagittate, adult pinnatifid to pinnatisect abaxial leaf veins, stem and petioles spiny, flowers bisexual with perianth of 4 to 6 tepals | ||
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