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(Last Modified On 10/25/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/25/2012)
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Species
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SPATHIPHYLLUM ZETEKIANUM Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27:267. 1940.
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Description
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12-20 cm. long, geniculate about 1 cm. below the apex, the sheath short, per- sistent, scarcely more than 8 cm. long; blades narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, 13-20 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, narrowly long-acuminate, attenuate to the base, deep green above, much paler beneath, the primary lateral nerves about 6 on each side, subremote, ascending at a very acute angle; peduncle terete, slender, about 43 cm. long and 2 mm. thick, the stipitiform portion 3 cm. long; spathe lance- ovate, green, 10.5 cm. long, 3 cm. wide, abruptly caudate-acuminate, acute at the base; spadix cylindric, very obtuse, 1.5 cm. long, 6-7 mm. thick, few-flowered; sepals 6, biseriate, free; style about equaling the ovary, conspicuously exserted beyond the perianth, conic.
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Distribution
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Known only from the original collection, from Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Zetek Trail, Barro Colorado Island, D. E. Starry 27 (TYPE).
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Note
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The foliage is similar to that of S. floribundum, but the spadices of the two species, while similar in size, are very unlike in general appearance.
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