Philodendron ligulatum var. ovatum (Araceae)
Internodes 1--6(8) cm long, 1--1.7(3) cm diam., sometimes to 3 m or more long, sometimes covered with a thin layer of translucent white wax; cataphylls 13--16 cm long, unribbed to bluntly 1-ribbed or sharply 2-ribbed (ribs to ca. 4 mm high, incurled) LEAVES: Petioles (10)15--19 cm long, 7 mm diam., subterete and obtusely flattened toward apex; blades narrowly ovate, weakly cordate at base, (14)18--26(39) cm long, (8.5)12.5--16 cm wide (1.57--1.65 times longer than wide), upper surface drying greenish brown to blackened, lower surface drying yellowish brown to dark olive-brown; posterior lobes rounded to narrowly rounded, 4--5 cm long, 5.5--6.6 cm wide, narrowly rounded to obtuse; sinus somewhat V-shaped, 2.5--3 cm deep; midrib convex to round-raised below; basal veins 2--3 per side, free to base; primary lateral veins 4--6 per side, departing midrib at a 55--65(75E) angle. INFLORESCENCES 1 per axil; peduncle 12--16.5 cm long, 7--10 mm diam.; spathe 11.5--18 cm long, 1.5--2 cm diam. (0.8--0.95 times as long as peduncle), greenish white throughout; spathe tube sometimes pale to medium green outside, pale to medium green, sometimes red to purplish violet at base inside; spadix 10-12.5 cm long; pistillate portion 4--4.5 cm long; pistils 1.7--1.8 mm long, 1.7--1.8 mm diam., whitish; ovules 1 per locule, contained within transparent, gelatinous ovule sac, style similar to style type B; stigma subdiscoid, unlobed, often truncate.
Endemic to Panama, known only from Santa Fe in Veraguas and at El Copé in Coclé Province.
Premontane rain forest.