Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. & Schubert, Bernice G. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. Camp. Begoniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 36-40.
Smith, Lyman B. & Schubert, Bernice G. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. Camp. Begoniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 36-40.
Family:
Marantaceae
Marantaceae
Description:
Species Description - Plants in clumps, from short rhizomes, usually only 1 leaf from basal part of stem, upper surface of leaves bright green, lower pale green but not glaucous, outer bracts pale green, inner pale green with sterile (?) bracts in axils, apparently usually 2 fertile flowers, outer (or sheathing) perianth segments nigrescent-purple, inner segments (or sterile stamens?) salmony yellow, seeds gunpowder-blue, short aril.
Species Description - Plants in clumps, from short rhizomes, usually only 1 leaf from basal part of stem, upper surface of leaves bright green, lower pale green but not glaucous, outer bracts pale green, inner pale green with sterile (?) bracts in axils, apparently usually 2 fertile flowers, outer (or sheathing) perianth segments nigrescent-purple, inner segments (or sterile stamens?) salmony yellow, seeds gunpowder-blue, short aril.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|