Philodendron sparreorum Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Esmeraldas

• Locality

  Lita-San Lorenzo Road, 11.8 km E of Río Tululbí, 25 km E of Gasolinera San Lorenzo E of downtown San Lorenzo

• Elevation

  Alt. 125 m. (410 ft.)

• Coordinates

  1.1106, -78.7086

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

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Esmeraldas
Lita-San Lorenzo Road, 11.8 Km E of
Río Tululbí, 25 Km E of Gasolinera
San Lorenzo E of downtown San Lorenzo.
01°06'38 "N Ó78°^e'31"W	1E5 m
Terrestrial, vine; internodes to SO cm
long, grayish; petioles obtusely
flattened adaxially; blades
subcoriaceous, semiglossy, slightly
bicolorous; midrib sunken and paler
above, narrow-rounded and pinkish
below; primary lateral veins sunken
and paler above, convex and paler
Thomas B. Croat, Richard Mansell,
Lynn Hannon & Beth Owen 83109
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
below; inflorescence 1-E per axil;
peduncle medium green, faintly
striate; spathe yellow-green on tube,
yellow on blade, tube pale green
inside; blade white inside; styles
long-exserted, greenish sometimes
apparently removed after pollination.
7 October 1999
Thomas B. Croat, Richard Mansell,
Lynn Hannon & Beth Owen 83109
MISSOURI BOTANICAL BARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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