Homalomena wallisii
Homalomena wallisii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Homalomeneae |
Genus: | Homalomena |
Binomial name | |
Homalomena wallisii Regel | |
Synonyms | |
Curmeria wallisii (Regel) Masl. |
Homalomena wallisii is a species of flowering plant in the Araceae family native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.[1][2][3]
It reaches about 6"(15 cm) in height but with a much wider spread. The leaf blades are elliptic to ovate-oblong in shape about 5 - 8" (13 – 20 cm) in length, on rather short stalks, arching or recurving, bright-green with a markings of a marbled yellow. It can be confused with the rather similar Aglaonema.[4]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
- ↑ Regel, Gartenflora 26: 33 (1877)
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