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Type of: Xanthosoma hannoniae Croat

Collector Croat, T.B.
Number 87000
Collected with Lynn P. Hannon
Country Ecuador
Subpart Morona-Santoago
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Locality Along road from Palora to Yushin, 3.8 Km E of main Palora-San Vincente de Tarqui Road.
Coordinates 0° 40' 57'' S 78° 1' 33'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 895
Maximum elevation (m) 895
Start date 2002/08/25
End date 2002/08/25
Family Araceae
Identification Xanthosoma hannoniae Croat
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Field notes Terrestrial; internodes short, 2-3 cm diam.; petióles dark green and weakly glossy, densely pale green speckled, terete except near apex, firm; blades subcoriaceous, matte, moderately bicolorous, dark green and smooth above; majar veins scarcely sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly round-raised and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins weakly raised and .slightly darker be1ow; tertiary yeins darker than surface, flattened. Flowered in cultivation April-May 2004; inflorescence 4/axil, anise scented at anthesis; peduncle 13 cm x 0.6 cm, pale green; spathe 12 cm long, cuspitate at apex; tube 5.5 cm long, 2.7 cm diam., glossy, pale medium-green on both surfaces; blades 6.5 cm long, 1.7 cm diam., cream-colored on both surfaces· spadix sessile, 8.2 cm long; female part pale orange, 1.8 cm long, 9 mm diam.; fertile male part cream-colored, weakly pink tinged, 5.1 cm long, 8 mm diam.; ovaries 3-4 locular; ovules 20-24/locule

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