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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAraceae: Philodendron
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01629132
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorT. B. Croat
Collector number74321
CountryFrench Guiana
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region): French Guiana
LocalityAlong road between Cayenne and Regina, of P. K. 93
Georeference04° 18' N, 52° 10' W
Date Collected1993-02-21
Elevation100 - 150 m
HabitatGrowing on rocks
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cb5ccf61-6e93-43a7-b176-b494171c7e32
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01629132
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[ex] Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
FamilyAraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Philodendron billietiae Croat
Verified byTaylor, Ellie B.
Date Determined2019
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Taxon Reference(for Philodendron billietiae Croat) Novon 1995. 5(1): 24, f. 1–4.
FamilyAraceae
Determination Philodendron billietiae Croat
Determined byCroat, Thomas Bernard
Date Determined1994
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksspathe yellow-green, pale-dashed on tube, dark-dashed on blade, the margins of the blade paler and weakly turned back at anthesis, the tube sometimes spotted reddish, spotted dark red-violet within; the blade white within, with orange resin, canals restricted to the area of the restriction, blending in with the red of the tube; female flowers pale yellow-green, sterile female section thicker than fertile male spadix, scalloped and encaved at base, 2.2 cm diam, 10-11 mm long; fertile spadix constricted 8.5 cm above base, creamy white, bluntly pointed at apex.

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