Philodendron fibraecataphyllum (Araceae), a new species from the lowlands in Western Colombia and Ecuador

M. MARCELA MORA; THOMAS B. CROAT

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.252.2.10

Issue: Vol. 252 No. 2: 10 March 2016

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2016-03-10

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.252.2.10

Page range: 159–162

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Philodendron fibraecataphyllum (Araceae), a new species from the lowlands in Western Colombia and Ecuador

M. MARCELA MORA⁺⁻
THOMAS B. CROAT⁺⁻

Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166 USA

aroid Neotropics taxonomy Monocots

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Philodendron subgenus Philodendron from the lowlands of the Pacific Coast of Colombia and Ecuador. The new species is compared with P. acuminatissimum and P. balaoanum, two similar species from western Ecuador.