Adelonema wallisii

Adelonema wallisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Adelonema
Species:	A. wallisii
Binomial name
Adelonema wallisii Regel
Synonyms [1]
Curmeria wallisii(Regel) Masl. Homalomena wallisiiRegel

Adelonema wallisii (synonym Homalomena wallisii) is a species of flowering aroid plant (family Araceae) native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

It reaches about 6 in (15 cm) in height, but with a much wider horizontal spread. The leaf blades are elliptic to ovate-oblong in shape about 5–8 in (13–20 cm) in length, on rather short stalks, arching or recurving, bright-green with a markings of a marbled yellow. ^[4]

Clarification

It can be confused with the related genera Aglaonema or Dieffenbachia , especially Aglaonema pictum 'Tricolor' or Dieffenbachia 'Reflector', both of which have similar markings.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Adelonema wallisii", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2019-08-11
2. 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.
3. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
4. Regel, Gartenflora 26: 33 (1877)

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