Philodendron tenue K.Koch & Augustin

CULTIVATED PLANT
ARACEAE
Philodendron tenue K. Koch & Augustin
Source of origin unknown; originally
cultivated by Bill Virden/ Powa/ CA;
steins 3 cm diameter; cataphyll weakly
2-ribbed/ drying/ thin/ light reddish
brown persisting intact; petioles erect-
spreading/ teretef weakly striate;
blades subcoriaceous/ semiglossy/
somewhat bicolorous; midrib flat and
concolorous above/ thicker than broad
and darker than surface below; primary
lateral veins weakly sunken above/
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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
dark green/ heavily tinged witn rea
outside/ white to pale green within;
blade greenish-white/ heavily tinged
with red outside/ white to pale green
inside; female spadix yellowish-green/
2-4 cm long/ 7-16 mm diameter/ male
spadix creamy white.
Thomas B. Croat 61110
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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