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.
The genus was described by Sin Yeng Wong and Peter Charles Boyce in 2024, and includes species formerly placed in Schismatoglottis.
Species
26 species are accepted.
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