Apoballis is a genus of plants in the Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, primarily the island of Sumatra in Indonesia,Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesS.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 254 (2010). and northwards to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar and eastwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Some authorities regard this group as part of the larger genus Schismatoglottis.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.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 14 species: Apoballis acuminatissima (Schott) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis belophylla (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis brevipes (Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Apoballis grandiflora (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis hastifolia (Hallier f. ex Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis javanica (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Java Apoballis linguiformis Apoballis longicaulis (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis mutata (Scort. ex Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Apoballis okadae (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis ovata (Schott) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra Apoballis ridleyana Apoballis rupestris (Zoll. & Moritzi) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor Apoballis sagittifolia (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra
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