Adelonema wallisii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Adelonema
|species = wallisii
|authority = Regel
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|Curmeria wallisii|(Regel) Masl.
|Homalomena wallisii|Regel
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Adelonema wallisii (synonym Homalomena wallisii) is a species of aroid plant (family Araceae) native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.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.Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Taxonomy
It reaches about {{cvt|6|in|cm }} in height, but with a much wider horizontal spread. The leaf blades are elliptic to ovate-oblong in shape about {{cvt|5|-|8|in|cm}} in length, on rather short stalks, arching or recurving, bright-green with a markings of a marbled yellow.Regel, Gartenflora 26: 33 (1877)
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|date=April 2024}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618035837/http://gardentia.net/araceae_011.htm Gardentia]
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