Biology:Asplundia stenophylla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Asplundia stenophylla
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Asplundia
Species:
A. stenophylla
Binomial name
Asplundia stenophylla
Standley 1937

Asplundia stenophylla is a species of plant belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. It occasionally grows terrestrially but is usually a climbing epiphyte. The stem is up to 5 m long, bearing petioles up to 44 cm long which terminate in very distinctive leaves: very deeply bifid, deeply corrugated and up to 77 cm long.

This is a commonly encountered species in cloud forests from Costa Rica to Ecuador.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4808195 entry