Dieffenbachia killipii Croat

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Panama

• State/Province

  Panamá

• Locality

  Along road between El Valle de Madraño and La Saena, 2.5 mi N of El Valle de Madroño, 3.5 mi N of turn-off To San José, 11.6 mi N of Las Margaritas, (vicinity of Chepo, in valley of Río Mamoni.

• Elevation

  Alt. 180 m. (591 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.2403, -79.0833

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ARACEAE
Dieffenbachia ki 11ipi i Croat
det. T. Croat, 1995
Panama
Along road between El Valle de
Madraño and La Saena, 2.5 mi N of El
Valle de Madroño, 3.5 mi N of
turn-off To San José, 11.6 mi N of
Las Margaritas, (vicinity of Chepo, in
valley of Río Mamoni.
09°14’25"N 079°05 1 00"W	180 m
Terrestrial to 1 m tall; internodes
1.5-3 cm long, 1.5-4.0 cm diam., dark
black-green, faintly mottled with
medium green, moderately glossy;
petioles medium green, faintly striate
at base of sheath, sharply sulcàtë
above sheath; blades subcoriaceous,
dark green and semiglossy above,
moderately paler and matte below,
sometimes sparsely to densely mottled
with pale green to white; midrib
flat-raised and pale above, sometimes
weakly sulcate above, narrow-rounded
and paler below; primary lateral veins
sunken above, convex and darker below;
minor veins moderately indistinct
below; inflorescences 1-4 per axil;
spathe medium green both surfaces;
pistils pale yellow-greeny
infruetescence medium green; fruits
red-orange.	#	j
2è July 1994
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