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| Family | Araceae |
| Basionym | Philodendron ligulatum Schott var. heraclioanum Croat |
| Original Identification | Philodendron ligulatum var. heraclioanum (Schott) Croat |
| Current Taxon | Philodendron ligulatum Schott var. heraclioanum Croat |
| Protologue Citation | Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 84(3): 482-483. 1997. |
| Holotype/Isotype | Isotype |
| DUKE Accession Number | 358927 |
| Comments | |
| Primary Collector | Thomas B. Croat |
| Collector Number | 77098 |
| Collection Date | 26 Jul 1994 |
| Country | Panama |
| Province/State | Darien |
| Plant Location Notes | Parque Nacional Cerro Pirre; vicinity of station along Rio Perisenico. 08°01'N 77°44'W 110 m |
| Plant Description Notes | Appressed climbing, hemiepiphyte; internodes short, 1.5-2.5 cm diam.; cataphylls tinged violet-purple, bluntly 1-ribbed, sharply 2-ribbed near apex, deciduous; petioles sharply D-shaped (the margins erect-spreading to ca. 6 mm high, sometimes undulate), medium green, short dark-green-lineate, with dark purple ring at apex; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous, heavily tinged violet-purple below; midrib flat and slightly paler above, narrow-rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins weakly sunken above, convex and paler below; minor veins moderately obscure; inforescence 1 per axil; peduncle medium green, semiglossy, 5 cm long, 1 cm diam.; spathe pale green, semiglossy (pre-anthesis) outside, tinged violet-purple on outer margin and at base outside, also at base within, inner surface pale green and glossy in tube, greenish in blade; female flowers pale green, sterile male flowers white and pale green. |
| DUKE Barcode | DUKE 0000085 |
| Broad geographical location | Central America |
