Dracontium ulei K.Krause

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Dracontium ulei K.Krause

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Habitat

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

  • 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.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1552894

    Occurrence ID: 25be9778-f8ed-469f-8629-a9555d4b3522

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Alismatales

  • Family

    Araceae

  • 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.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Acre

  • County/Municipio

    Xapuri Mun.

  • Locality

    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

  • Coordinates

    -10, -67.95

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The New York Botanical Garden
Dracontium ulei K. Krause
det: G. H. Zhu, 06 Jun 2003
B. W. Nelson 752
PROJETO FLORA AMAZONICA
Plantas do Estado de Acre
Araceae
Dracontium
Nome vulgar: Nil ho de Cobra
ARACEAE
Estrada Rio Branco/Brasileía, km aprox:
10°S,67°571W; térra firme de capoeira.
Erva, 3'0-80cm, ereta, com urna única folha
derivada de um tubérculo subterráneo 6-12
cm aba ixo do solo e l-8cm em diam.; pecíolo
mosqueado verde, braneo e marrom, áspero,
parecido com péle de cobra; pecíolo 0,3"í,5
cm diam. e oco para‘ priméira 10-15cm acima
do tubérculo,depois arenquimatoso, sem
bainha basal; infl. parecida com espiga de
milho, séssil no chao. AMOSTRA ESTERIL.
BOTANICAL
^ARDÊ^
II
Bruce Nelson Nö 752
20-X- 1980
Plantas col atadas sobre patrocinio do convenio entre o Con—
selho Nacional de Desenvolvímentó Científico e Tecnologico
e o National Science Foundation, em colaborafao com o Insti-
tuto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia e o New York Botan-
ical Garden, com participado de C.A.C. Ferreira, B. Lowy,
S.R. Lowrie, M.V. Moreira & V.M. de Souza.
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