Dieffenbachia oerstedii Schott

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Puntarenas

• Locality

  Parque Nacional. Sector Esquinas, vicinity of Fila Gamba hills behind Esquinas Rain Forest Lodge, along Quebrada Negra, at end of side road off of Villa Bricena to Golfito Road

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 - 300 m. (656 - 984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.7, -83.2083

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

COSTA RICA	Tf?op(Cos
ARACEAE	,	Exs,ccatae
Dieffenbach ia	5cPCnT
Puntarenas
Parque Nacional. Sector Esquinas,
vicinity of Fila Gamba hills behind
Esquinas Rain Forest Lodge, along
Quebrada Negra, at end of side road
off of Villa Bricena to Golfito Road.
08°42100"N 83°ie,30"W	200-300 m
Terrestrial, very abundant in large
patches in full shade in wet areas;
internodes dark green, semiglossy,
1—1.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam; petioles
paler at very base, but not whitish;
petioles weakly glossy; sheath rounded
Thomas B. Croat & Dylan Hannon 79284
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (M0)
----------*«5« <*** vnan f piavna L_v ,
sap with no sign of oxalic acid.
12 September 1996
Thomas B. Croat & Dylan Hannon 79284
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (M0)
03780557