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| Family | Araceae |
| Basionym | Philodendron squamipetiolatum Croat |
| Original Identification | Philodendron squamipetiolatum Croat |
| Current Taxon | Philodendron squamipetiolatum Croat |
| Protologue Citation | Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 84(3): 531-532, f. 375, 385-388. 1997. |
| Holotype/Isotype | Isotype (2 sheets) |
| DUKE Accession Number | 358928 |
| Comments | |
| Primary Collector | Thomas B. Croat |
| Collector Number | 68767 |
| Collection Date | 23 Jun 1988 |
| Country | Panama |
| Province/State | Cocle |
| Plant Location Notes | Alto Calvario above El Cope, ca. 6 km N of El Cope, along trail through forest W off old lumber trail which leads down to Las Ricas, Limon and San Juan 08° 39' N 80° 36' W 710-800 m |
| Plant Description Notes | Appressed epiphyte; internodes 8-12 cm long, 1.0-1.2 cm diam., medium green to brownish scurfy-scaly, matte, terete; cataphylls pale green with erect-spreading paler green trichomes, unribbed, deciduous; petioles terete, dark green, pale scaly with pale green, somewhat flattened trichomes; blades moderately thin, dark green and semiglossy above, much paler and matte below; midrib sunken and much paler above, thicker than broad, matter and darker than surface below; primary lateral veins deeply and narrowly sunken, slightly darker and almost round-raised below; minor veins and cross-veins darker than surface and distinct below; inflorescence 1 per-axil; spathe dark green on tube, within throughout, (post-anthesis); female spadix 4 cm long, 1.8 cm diam.; sterile male segment eaten away, 1.8 cm long; fertile male segment ca. 6 cm long, 11 mm diam. |
| DUKE Barcode | DUKE 0000090 |
| Broad geographical location | Central America |
