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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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PHILODENDRON BREVISPATHUM Schott
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bonplandia 7:29. 1859.
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Description
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Caudex with slender, elongate internodes; petioles subterete, 16-18 cm. long, short-vaginate; blades oblong-cordate, 20-27 cm. long, 6-12 cm. wide, acuminate, deeply cordate at the base, the basal lobes rather narrow, rounded, directed down- ward, the sinus deep and narrow, the primary costal nerves 5-6 on each side, much stouter and more prominent than the secondary ones; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; tube of the spathe globose-ventricose, 3 cm. long, the limb yellow, broadly ovate, cuspidulate-acuminate, equaling or slightly exceeding the tube; spadix borne on a stipe 3-4 mm. long, the pistillate portion 2-2.5 cm. long, the staminate part cylindric, attenuate upward, up to 6 cm. long, below about 1 cm. thick; pistils oblong, 6-celled, capped by the small, rounded stigma; stamens usually 4.
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Distribution
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Known only from the original Panama material.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chagres, Fendler 43I.
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Note
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Of this I have seen only a single specimen of the original collection, in the U. S. National Herbarium, consisting of one leaf. The leaf bears much resemblance to those of P. panamense, but is not matched exactly by any specimens recently collected in Panama.
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