Philodendron henri-pittieri G.S.Bunting

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Philodendron henri-pittieri G.S.Bunting

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Bunting 1952, 18 Mar 1967 - 08 Apr 1967

  • Location

    Venezuela. Aragua. Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: near Rancho Grande, along trail from the Rancho to the Toma (water intake), very near the Toma.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2023.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3783100

    Occurrence ID: 86f72681-f725-400d-b90f-bef877f0f61c

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Aragua

  • Locality

    Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: near Rancho Grande, along trail from the Rancho to the Toma (water intake), very near the Toma.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1200 m. (3937 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

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PARATYPUS
PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA	^
Philodendron henri-pittieri Bunt.
Large climber up sheer banks with consiberable exposure to sun.
Stem 6.7 cm diam., clean, intemodes 3.5-6 cm long, bright green
becoming tan-gray; leaf scars 4-5 cm high, 5.5 cm wide. Cataphyll
56 cm long, very early drying brown, deteriorating in place &
finely fibrous, soon lost. Petiole very stout, to 1.12 m long,
abax. rounded, adax. flattened with a slight median ridge, at
midpt. 2.6 cm across, 2.8 cm deep; vaginate 11-12 cm. Blade thin-
ly rubbery-leathery, very easily fractured, in outline broadly
ovate, to 96 x 74 cm, sinus ca. 24 cm, adax. glossy rich green,
midrib yellow-green to 1.3 cm wide, gently channeled, !.*$ 8/side
&	deeply sulcate, II,*s also sulcate & arising from middle of I.’s
at prominent angles, concave basal ribs nude 3—4 cm in sinus; pos-
terior lobes meeting or overlapping. Inflorescences 3 or more to-
gether. Compare Bunting 1955 for details of mature inflorescence.
Edo. ARAGUA: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: near Ran-
cho Grande, along trail from the Rancho to the Toma
(water intake), very near the Toma, in tall cloud for-
est. Elev. ca. 1200 m.
George S. Bunting 1952
18 March-8 April 1967
03783100