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Bucephalandra
Bucephalandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. As of 2026 there are 32 species of Bucephalandra which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce. So far, all described species have only been recorded from Borneo. Bucephalandra are usually found growing as dense mats over stones or rocks in streams or rivers in moist tropical forest.
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bucephalandra oblanceolata
speciesBucephalandra oblanceolata
Bucephalandra motleyana
speciesBucephalandra motleyana
Bucephalandra bogneri
speciesBucephalandra bogneri
Bucephalandra pygmaea
speciesBucephalandra pygmaea
Bucephalandra kishii
speciesBucephalandra kishii
Bucephalandra akantha
speciesBucephalandra akantha
Bucephalandra catherineae
speciesBucephalandra catherineae
Bucephalandra muluensis
speciesBucephalandra muluensis
Bucephalandra minotaur
speciesBucephalandra minotaur
Bucephalandra ultramafica
speciesBucephalandra ultramafica
Bucephalandra yengiae
speciesBucephalandra yengiae
Bucephalandra belindae
speciesBucephalandra belindae
Bucephalandra magnifolia
speciesBucephalandra magnifolia
Bucephalandra oncophora
speciesBucephalandra oncophora
Bucephalandra elliptica
speciesBucephalandra elliptica
Bucephalandra micrantha
speciesBucephalandra micrantha
Bucephalandra aurantiitheca
speciesBucephalandra aurantiitheca
Bucephalandra danumensis
speciesBucephalandra danumensis
Bucephalandra sordidula
speciesBucephalandra sordidula
Bucephalandra diabolica
speciesBucephalandra diabolica
Bucephalandra filiformis
speciesBucephalandra filiformis
Bucephalandra tetana
speciesBucephalandra tetana
Bucephalandra forcipula
speciesBucephalandra forcipula
Bucephalandra chimaera
speciesBucephalandra chimaera
Bucephalandra chrysokoupa
speciesBucephalandra chrysokoupa
Bucephalandra kerangas
speciesBucephalandra kerangas
Bucephalandra spathulifolia
speciesBucephalandra spathulifolia
Bucephalandra goliath
speciesBucephalandra goliath
Bucephalandra gigantea
speciesBucephalandra gigantea
Bucephalandra vespula
speciesBucephalandra vespula
Bucephalandra pubes
speciesBucephalandra pubes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576740.