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Taxon: Philodendron sagittifolium Liebm.

Genus: Philodendron
Family: Araceae subfamily: Aroideae tribe: Philodendreae.
Nomen number: 312897
Place of publication: Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1849:17. 1849
Name verified on: 06-May-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Oct-2004
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • filodendron   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]
  • filodendron-do-México   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) [Portuguese (Brazil)]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas; Nicaragua; Panama
    Northern South America: Venezuela [possibly]
    Western South America: Colombia

References:

  • Bunting, G. S. 1965. Commentary on Mexican Araceae. Gentes Herb. 9:342.
  • Croat, T. B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. (F BarroColo)
  • Croat, T. B. 1997. A revision of Philodendron subgenus Philodendron (Araceae) for Mexico and Central America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84:516.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). (L Araceae)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Philodendron sagittifolium Liebm.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312897 (16 March 2009)

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