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Araceae
Philodendron candamoense Croat
Nomenclature
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Family: AraceaeGenus: Philodendron
SUMMARY
Epiphyte; internodes short, drying ca. 1 cm diam.; cataphylls deciduous. LEAVES erect-spreading; petioles 23.5-33 cm long, ca. 0.7-1.7 cm wide, somewhat spongiose, drying finely ribbed and brown; blades 45.7-50 cm long, ca. 10.3 cm wide, 4.4 times longer than wide, 1.5-1.9 times longer than petioles, oblong-elliptic, long-acuminate at apex, cordulate to subcordate leaf base, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below, drying greenish gray above, yellowish gray below; midrib broadly rounded and paler above, drying paler and yellowish above, darker below; primary lateral veins ca. 10-11 pairs arising at a 50° angle and broadly arcing to margins, drying slightly raised and darker above, weakly raised and darker below, basal veins 2 pairs; minor veins fine and indistinct. INFLORESCENCES 2 per axil, long-pedunculate; peduncle 14 cm long, ca. 0.3-0.6 cm wide, terete blackish drying; spathe green, 11-12 cm long, the tube 5.5 cm long, 2.5 cm diam.; spadix 9-10.5 cm long; staminate portion ca, 6 cm long; sterile staminate portion eaten and missing; pistillate portion, 4.5-5 cm long; pistils 2.5 mm long, 2.0 mm diam.; style ca. 1.5 mm diam., ca. 0.2 mm thick, densely papillate, whitish on reconstituted material; stigma funnel-shaped, round, 0.5 mm diam., markedly concave medially, brownish on reconstituted material; ovary 6-locular; ovules with basal placentation. INFRUCTESCENCE with pistillate spadix 5 cm long, 2 cm diam.; seeds 1 per locule, 1.8-2.0 mm long, 0.5 mm diam., funicle 0.2 mm long.