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Type of: Calathea libbyana H.Kenn.

Collector Kennedy, H.
Number 4334
Collected with L. Besse & R. Baker
Country Ecuador
Subpart Napo
County  
Locality Road Coca (Pto. Fransisco de Orellana) to Armenia Vieja, ± paralleling Rio Napo, 14.8 km from bridge over Rio, secondary forest and banana plantation, tropical wet forest zone
Coordinates 0° 32' 51'' S 77° 0' 46'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 350
Maximum elevation (m) 350
Start date 1982/07/04
End date 1982/07/04
Family Marantaceae
Identification Goeppertia libbyana (H.Kenn.) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Determined by F. Borchsenius
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Herb to 1.3 m. Leaf above dark green with yellow-green feathered band along midrib and scalloped yellow-green band around the margin, with subrectangular whitish green spots between the major veins, patterned below in red-purple annd light grey-green. Pulvinus yellow-green, petiole & sheath red-purple. Peduncle red-purple. Fertile bracts olive-green, corolla tube green, petals yellowish, staminodes purple, style white.

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