Piptospatha

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image_caption = Piptospatha ridleyiJoseph Hooker - Piptospatha ridleyi from Curtis Bot Magazine vol 121 t. 7410 (1895)

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|authority = N.E.Br. (1879)

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Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326001-2 Piptospatha N.E.Br.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 May 2024.Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Boyce, P.C. & Wong, S.Y. (2012). The Araceae of Indomalaya II: Piptospatha N.E.Br.. Malayan Nature Journal 64: 9-32.Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.

• Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak
• Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak
• Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat