Spathiphyllum acrense Croat

Filed As

Araceae
Spathiphyllum acrense Croat

Collector(s)

T. B. Croat 85599, 23 Nov 2001

Location

Brazil. Acre. Cruzeiro do Sul Mun. Municipio Cruzeiro do Sul; Canela Fina; along mud roads with swampy areas and disturbed virgin forest as well as some essentially secondary forest.

Habitat

Along mud roads with swampy areas and disturbed virgin forest as well as some essentially secondary forest.

Description

Terrestrial in swampy area; petioles terete, semiglossy, medium to dark green, sheathed only in the lower 20-25 cm, pale-speckled; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and moderately paler, matte below; primary lateral veins weakly quilted-sunken and concolorous above, weakly pleated-raised below; inflorescence erect, held at ca. level of leaves; spathe whitish and matte on inside, heavily tinged green outside on the midrib and adjacent to the midrib; spadix 4.3 cm long, 9 mm diam., creamy white; stipe 1.5 cm long in front, 1 cm in back; fruiting spadix yellow-green, 6.5 cm long, 5 cm diam.

Specimen Notes

Institutions: MO; Database conversion Record Number: 1725429

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 870039

Occurrence ID: dad6923d-493d-4df9-9fbf-0a9365a2d50c

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