Scientific name: Scleroglossum pyxidatum AlderwEnglish name: Vietnamese name: Other name:
Type: Indonesia. Borneo, Boekit Batoe-ayah, Nieuwenhuis 1647 (holotype Bo!).
Additional specimens examined:
Vietnam. Khanh hoa Province: Khanh Vinh, hon Ba Nature reserve, elev. 1500m, 26 January 2014, Wade 3723 (aK!, TaIF!). Lam Dong Province: Lac Duong District, Da Chays Commune, BidoupNui Ba National Park, giang Ly Forest Station, 18 June 2013, Wade 2640 (SgN!, TaIF!), 19 June 2013, Wade 2677 (SgN!, TaIF!).
Distribution:
Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak) and Sulawesi.
Taxonomic note
Pham-hoang no. 390, 112 (1999) was identified as Scleroglossum pusillum (Blume) alderw. (1912: 39), but belongs to S. pyxidatum because of the narrow reduced sterile part of the lamina. The lamina of S.pusillum is not arrowed, or not so markedly narrowed, in the sterile part.
(Phytotaxa 226 (1): 039–050)