Dieffenbachia seguina (L.) Schott
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Filed As
Araceae
Dieffenbachia seguina (L.) Schott -
Collector(s)
T. B. Croat 78345, 19 Jun 1997
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Location
Puerto Rico. Received from Sue Thompson; originally collected in Puerto Rico, Río Abajo.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 02027347
Occurrence ID: 262f0079-54ac-438b-bfeb-e87f694f1dc5
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Alismatales
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Family
Araceae
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All Determinations
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Puerto Rico
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Locality
Received from Sue Thompson; originally collected in Puerto Rico, Río Abajo
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Location Notes
[West Indies]
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Distribution
CARIBBEAN Puerto Rico Received from Sue Thompson; originally collected in Puerto Rico, Río Abajo. (Thompson 3238). Terrestrial; sap smelling somewhat of celery not oxalic acid; internodes 3-5 cm long, 3-4 cm diam., dark green and moderately glossy; petioles sheathed 3/5 length, margin rounded on one side, acute on the other, inrolled; free part deeply and sharply sulcate, surface dark green and weakly glossy, densely greenish whitish mottled throughout; blades subcoriaceous , semiglossy, slightly bicolorous; midrib flat, more or less concolorous and weakly mottled above, narrowly rounded, paler and pale-mottled below; primary lateral veins weakly qui1 ted—sun ken above, convex and weakly pleated-raised below; minor veins darker than surface below; inflorescences 5 per axil; spathe 14-19 cm long, 2.1 cm wide, 1.2 cm thick, 2.2-2.3 times longer than peduncle; peduncle and spathe medium green, densely pa 1 e-mo111ed. 19 June 1997 Y°*7? BOTANICAL 02027347 Thomas B. Croat 78345 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO) 02027347
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Dieffenbachia seguina (L.) Schott