Bau (plant)

Bau is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. It includes 26 species native to Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi.^[1]

The genus was described by Sin Yeng Wong and Peter Charles Boyce in 2024, and includes species formerly placed in Schismatoglottis.^[2]

26 species are accepted.^[1]

• Bau adoceta (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau amosyui (S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau antu (S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau brevicuspis (Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau camera-lucida (P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau elegans (A.Hay) S.Y.Wong, A.Hay & P.C.Boyce
• Bau gui (P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau hayi (S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau hendrikii (S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau inculta (Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau latevaginata (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau liniae (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau matangensis (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau meriraiensis (P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau metallica (S.Y.Wong, Koens & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau multinervia (M.Hotta) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau nervosa (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau pellucida (S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.K.Chai) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau pocong (S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau porpax (S.Y.Wong, Kartini & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau puberulipes (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau reticosa (S.Y.Wong, Koens & P.C.Boyce) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau simonii (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau tessellata (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau turbata (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
• Bau ulusarikeiensis (S.Y.Wong) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce