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Araceae
Philodendron bomboizense Croat & C. Cerón
Nomenclature
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Family: AraceaeGenus: Philodendron
SUMMARY
Hemiepiphyte; internodes short; cataphylls 2-ribbed, deciduous; petioles drying dark brown; blades ca. 62.5 cm long, ca. 33.2 cm wide, ca. 1.8 times longer than wide, narrowly ovate-elliptic, subcordate, weakly acuminate, drying yellow-brown; sinus ca. 2.2 cm deep, ca. 5.9 cm wide, weakly arcuate; lobes short, broadly rounded; midrib broadly rounded and flattened with numerous ridges below, somewhat obscure above, drying darker below, concolorous above; primary lateral veins 10-11 pairs arising at a 70-75° angle, drying obscure and concolorous above, weakly raised, finely ridged and darker below; minor veins moderately indistinct, 3 basal veins free to base, obscure above, fine, close and slightly lighter in color below. INFLORESCENCES 1 per axil; peduncle 4.5 cm long, 5-7 mm diam. upon drying; spathe pale green tinged pink, ca. 13.3 cm long, ca. 1.3-2.0 cm diam. upon drying, 5.7 cm wide when flattened; spadix 8.9 cm long in front, 8 cm long in rear; staminate portion 3.6 cm long, 1.3 cm diam. at broadest point; pistillate portion 5.7 cm long, 1.3 cm diam. near base, 1.0 cm diam. at apex; pistils 2 mm long, 1.4 mm diam.; style 0.7 mm long, 1.4 mm diam.; stigma 0.8-1.0 mm diam., 0.15 mm thick; ovary ellipsoid, 1.4-1.5 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm diam., 5-locular; ovules contained within a gelatinous sack filling most of the locule, the gelatinous sack 1.4-1.5 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm diam.; ovules 2-5 per sack, 2-5 per locule, 0.6-0.8 mm long, funicle slender, equal of slightly longer than the ovule.