A New Treatment in Sciaphila (Triuridaceae) in Taiwan and Japan

Abstract

Sciaphila tosaensis Makino, endemic to Japan, and S. megastyla Fukuy. & T. Suzuki, endemic to Lanyu Island in Taiwan, are regarded to be identical with S. secundiflora Thwaites ex Benth., which is widely distributed in the Pacific islands, Malesia, Hongkong and Sri Lanka