Rhaphidophora dulongensis (Araceae)
General description:
Lianas. Stem green, cylindric, 1–2m, 2–3cm in diam., internodes 0.5–2.5cm. Petiole 41–49 × ca. 1.5cm, basal 3–4cm sheathing; pulvinus indistinct; leaf blade pale green abaxially, green adaxially, oblong-ovate in outline, ca. 50 × 35cm, subleathery, base rounded or subcordate, pinnately divided; pinnae 6–9 per side, broadly linear, oblique, those at middle of leaf 4–5cm wide, apex truncate with falcate tip; costae 3 or 4, equally strong, parallel; sinuses nearly reaching midrib. Peduncle solitary, cylindric, 15–20cm × 8–10mm. Spathe unknown. Spadix sessile, pale green, cylindric, ca. 10 × 1.8cm. Ovary quadrangular-cylindric or pentagonal-cylindric, apex truncate; stigma capitate.
General Description Reference:
Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Peter Charles Boyce, Jin Murata, Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid, Josef Bogner, Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen, 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Habitat Reference:
Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Peter Charles Boyce, Jin Murata, Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid, Josef Bogner, Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen, 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Habitat:
Valley forests.