Biology:Scaphispatha gracilis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Scaphispatha gracilis
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Scaphispatha gracilis
Brongn. ex Schott

Scaphispatha gracilis is a species in the family Araceae. This species is native to Brazil and Bolivia,[1][2] and has peltate leaves that resembles those in the genus Caladium. The species was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1860 after he received an inflorescence of the plant. He had not however seen the plant itself and it was not rediscovered until 1976 when Josef Bogner collected tubers from the plant and successfully flowered them at the Munich Botanic Garden. Upon seeing the inflorescence it was realized that this was the plant Schott had originally described.[3]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Gomes Gonçalves, E. & Nadruz Coelho, M.A. (2009). Araceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 39: 1-109. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  3. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.

Wikidata ☰ Q7430153 entry