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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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Species
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MONTRICHARDIA ARBORESCENS (L.) Schott
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Arac. Betreff. 1:4. 1854.
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Synonym
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Arum arborescens L. Sp. P1. ed. 2. 371. 1763. Montrichardia Fendleri Schott, Gen. Aroid. pt. 49. 1 858.
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Description
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Caudex usually 1-3 m. high and supported at the base by prop roots, 1.5-2 cm. thick or at the base much thicker, green, the inter- nodes chiefly short and only 1 cm. long, often armed with recurved prickles 2-3 mm. long; petioles'20-30 cm. long or more, terete above, the sheath extending above the middle; blades 15-40 cm. long or more, deeply sagittate, the basal lobes retrorse, acuminate to subobtuse, the anterior lobe triangular-ovate, broad, often cuspidate, the primary costal nerves 3-4 on each side; peduncle half as long as the spathe; spathes oblong-ovate, cuspidate, 10-15 cm. long and 6-7 cm. wide or larger, greenish or pale outside, white or whitish within; spadix very thick, the staminate portion 7 cm. long, the pistillate one-third as long; stamens 3-6; berries subglobose, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter.
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Distribution
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In wet soil, most often in mud along the borders of tidal swamps or streams, British Honduras and Guatemala to Lesser Antilles and the Guianas.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE and COL6N: common in swamps of the Atlantic coast, and doubtless distributed along the whole coast.
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Note
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Because of its peculiar habitat and characteristic leaf form, this plant is easy of recognition among other Panama aroids. The large, white spathes are con- spicuous, and somewhat suggest those of the cultivated calla (Zantedeschia). Illustrated, Standl. Fl. Pan. Canal Zone. P1. 9; Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 23C:123. Montrichardia Fendleri was based on Fendler 432 and 433 from Chagres.
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