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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 TRIPARTITUM (Jacq.) Schott
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PlaceOfPublication
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Melet. 1:19. 1832.
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Synonym
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Arum tripartitum Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 2:33, pI. 190. 1797.
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Description
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A small or large, epiphytic vine, the internodes elongate, 5-12 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick; cataphylls elongate-lanceolate, caducous; petioles terete, commonly 20-30 cm. long and 1-1.5 cm. thick at the base; blades thin when dried, 3- parted, the segments oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or short-cuspidate, subequal, about 15-25 cm. long and 4-7 cm. wide, the lateral ones conspicuously oblique, all 3 segments sessile, almost or quite distinct; peduncles solitary, 3-7 cm. long, rather stout; spathe whitish, toward the apex often yellowish, the tube oblong, 3-4 cm. long, the blade ovate or ovate-oblong, short-acuminate, about 5-6 cm. long and 3 cm. wide; spadix borne on a stipe 2-4 cm. long, the pistillate portion 3-4 cm. long, 8-10 mm. thick, the staminate 3.5-5 cm. long, slightly attenuate upward; pistils cylindric, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, 7- to 11-celled, the cells 1- or 2- ovulate; berries red.
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Distribution
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Climbing over trees, usually in wet forest, commonly at or near sea level, British Honduras and Guatemala to Jamaica, Venezuela, and Colombia. Originally described from Caracas, Venezuela.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Frijoles, Pittier 3755; Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck I82. PANAMA: Juan Diaz, Standley 30618. Pittier 5601 from Garagara
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Note
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cited by Engler and Krause under this species (Pflanzenreich IV. 23Db:108. 1913), is rather Anthurium garagaranum Standl. Illustrated, Pflanzenreich IV. 23Db:108.
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