Filed As:

Araceae
Dracontium ulei K.Krause

All Determinations:

Dracontium ulei K.Krause det. G. H. Zhu, 06 Jun 2003
Note: actual det. year 1996. cited in Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 91: 664. 2004.

Common Names:

milho de cobra

Location:

Brazil. Acre. Xapuri Mun. Road from Xapuri to Rio Branco, Fazenda entrance at km 14, then 1 km to back of old field and disturbed primary rainforest at margin of igarapé, probably varzea, submerged during part of the year.

Collector(s):

B. W. Nelson 752 with C. A. C. Ferreira, B. Lowy, S. R. Lowrie, A. Rosas, Jr., M. V. Moreira & V. M. de Souza, 20 Oct 1980

Description:

terrestrial herb. Large, single-leafed perennial, 1-1.3 m tall from tuber, 6-12 cm underground. Petiole skin mottled green, white and brown, like a snakeskin. Textured with small raised areas. Plant petiole 0.3-1.5 cm in diameter, hollow 15-10 cm above and to bulb, aerenchymous, no basal leaf sheath.

Habitat:

Old field and disturbed primary rainforest at margin of igarapé, proably varzea- submerged part of the year.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1552894
GUID: 25be9778-f8ed-469f-8629-a9555d4b3522

Map:

Coordinates: (-10, -67.95)

Distribution:

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