AMORPHOPHALLUS CHLOROSPATHUS
Photo by John Mark Violetta
SYNONYMS:
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS: N/A
HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS: N/A
ACCEPTED INFRASPECIFICS: N/A
OTHER: N/A
DISTRIBUTION: India & Myanmar
CLIMATE: N/A
ECOLOGY: N/A
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
Tuber a depressed sphere or hemisphere, 2 in. diam., not bulbilliferous. Leaf 2 ft. diam., trisect, segments winged and pinnatifidly cut into finely acuminate leaflets 5–8 by ¼–⅓ in.; petiole 18–20 in., green
INFLORESCENCE:
Peduncle 16 in., stout, green, pale reddish-brown below; sheaths not long. Spathe 4 in., green, paler within. Spadix 2½–3 in., infl. cylindric, male longest; appendage not contracted at the base, white. Anthers very short. Stigma sessile, discoid.
VARIEGATED FORMS: N/A
ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet was chosen based on the distinctive green spathe of the species, a very common naming convention in botanical Latin
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CULTIVARS: N/A
HYBRIDS: N/A
