Adelonema wallisii

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Adelonema wallisii
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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]

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Taxonomy

It reaches about 6" (15 cm) in height, but with a much wider horizontal 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. [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 ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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)