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Araceae
Spathantheum fallax Hett., Ibisch & E.G.Gonç.
Nomenclature
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Family: AraceaeGenus: Spathantheum
Species:
Spathantheum fallax Hett., Ibisch & E.G.Gonç.
Usage:
accepted
Page number:
39
Etymology:
The species epithet was chosen because of its deceptive morphological similarity to S. orbignyanum, under which name several specimens of the new species were found to be incorrectly identified.
WCM Protologue Reference:
Hett., Ibisch & E.G.Gonç., Brittonia 55: 39 (2003)
Type information:
BOLIVIA. Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. Florida, Paredones, cloud forest on the bor-der of the Amboro National Park, 18o05'S, 63o43'W, ca. 1800 m, 3 May 2001. Collected from a plant cultivated in the Leiden Botanical Garden, Hetterscheid H. AR. 252-T (HOLOTYPE: L). (Tuber orginally collected by Ibisch [as Ibisch 98.0223].)