Dieffenbachia longispatha

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Dieffenbachia}}

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|genus=Dieffenbachia

|species=longispatha

|authority=Engl. & K.Krause

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Dieffenbachia longispatha is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Panama and Colombia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:80133-2 |title=Dieffenbachia longispatha Engl. & K.Krause |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 July 2021 }} A large member of its genus, reaching {{cvt|2|–|3|m|ft|0}}, it is pollinated by scarab beetles from the genera Cyclocephala and Erioscelis.{{cite journal |title=Beetle Pollination of Dieffenbachia longispatha (Araceae) |year=1986 |last1=Young |first1=Helen J. |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=73 |issue=6 |pages=931–944 |doi=10.1002/j.1537-2197.1986.tb12133.x }}