Biology:Homalomena wallisii

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Homalomena wallisii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Homalomena
Species:
H. wallisii
Binomial name
Homalomena wallisii
Regel
Synonyms[1]

Curmeria wallisii (Regel) Masl.

Homalomena wallisii is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.[1][2][3]

It reaches about 6"(15 cm) in height but with a much wider 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. It can be confused with the rather similar Aglaonema.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10768106 entry