Philodendron barrosoanum G.S.Bunting

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• County/Municipio

  Río Negro Mun.

• Locality

  Vicinity of Base Camp on Río Marawinuma, hills SW of base camp

• Elevation

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

• Coordinates

  0.83, -66.17

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

i The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro De la Neblina Expedition
Araceae
Philodendron barrosoanum Bunt,
det. G. Bunting 1985
Vicinity of Base Camp on Rio Marawinuma,
0°50‘ N, 66°10' W; hills SW of base camp, elev.
200-300 m.
In partial shade on exposed rock on hillside,
Lvs dark green and shiny above, paler and dull
beneath; petiole ca 1/2 m long; spathe pink,
mottled with purple below, pale pink above, ±
white inside; spadix with staminate part white
and pistillate part green when fresh; sap
oxidizing yellow.
W. W. Thomas 3170	20 April 1984
Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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