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Type of: Philodendron buntingianum Croat

Collector Croat, T.B.
Number 60727
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Country Venezuela
Subpart Merida
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Locality Along highway between La Azulita and jct. with highway #1 (between El Vigia and Capazon), less than 5 km below La Azulita (north of ), on large boulder near edge of a stream which empties onto hwy.; just N of large waterfall in a sharp curve.
Coordinates 8° 41' N 71° 25' W
Minimum elevation (m) 900
Maximum elevation (m) 900
Start date 1985/03/24
End date 1985/03/24
Family Araceae
Identification Philodendron buntingianum Croat
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Field notes Epipetric, growing in dense stand over huge debris-covered boulder; internodes to gray-green becoming minutely fissured transversely; flowering stems 1.5 -3.0 cm diam, not noticeable flattened on one side; catahyll green, sharply 2-ribbed, deciduous; petiole spongy, obtusely flattened adaxially, densely dark green, short-lineate with a dense purple ring at apex; blades weakly coriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous, dark green above; midrib flat, concolorous above, slightly thicker than broad below, slightly paler, dark short-lineate, primary lateral veins narrowly sunken above, convex and darker below; minor veins visible; inflorescences 1-2 per axil; peduncle dark green, semiglossy; spathe tube semiglossy, the tube medium green, scarcely constricted, the green fading imperceptibly with the greenish-white of blade, inner surface light green, maroon at base; female spadix light green, 12 mm diam.

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