Caladium macrotites Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Caladium macrotites Schott

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Bunting 4290, 11 May 1970

  • Location

    Venezuela. Amazonas. Alrededores de Puerto Ayacucho, en la laja entre el Hotel Amazonas y el alto de la laja hacia el río Orinoco.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3780384

    Occurrence ID: 628f97a6-aa04-4568-9170-662253367fb7

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Amazonas

  • Locality

    Alrededores de Puerto Ayacucho, en la laja entre el Hotel Amazonas y el alto de la laja hacia el río Orinoco

  • Elevation

    Alt. 100 - 150 m. (328 - 492 ft.)

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3*
5P>
7i
4290V con't,
cm long, tube 4.3 x 1.9 cm & green*
Caladium macrotites Schott
Det. George S. Bunting	Jardin Botanico de Maracaibo, 198^
PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA
Caladium macrotites Schott
Cormous herb. Corm round, pyramidal, 2.8 cm across, 2 cm thick,
flattish basally. Petiole downward creamy suffused brown, upward
green, x 3-4 mm at midpoint, terete but flattish adax., glossy.
Blade at angle to petiole, lobes all in one plane, adax. glossy,
margins irregularly crisped & slightly revolute. Peduncle creamy
suffused brownish-pink & striate dashed dark brown, green in up-
per 1/3. Spathe (limb already dry) ca. 9 cm long, tube 4.3 x 1.9
cm and green.
TERRITORIO FEDERAL AMAZONAS: alrededores de Puerto
Ayacucho, en la laja entre el Hotel Amazonas y el al-
to de la laja hacia el rio Orinoco Alt. 100-150 m.
George S. Bunting 4290	11 de mayo, 1970
HERBARIO, FACULTAD DE AGRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL
DE VENEZUELA, MARACAY, ARAGUA [MY]
03780384