Ulearum sagittatum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Ulearum sagittatum from Engler.png
|image_caption = Ulearum sagittatum botanical drawing from Das Pflanzenreich
|genus = Ulearum
|species = sagittatum
|authority = Engl.
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Ulearum sagittatum is a species in the family Araceae.{{cite POWO |id=259332-2 |title=Ulearum sagittatum }} It is endemic to western Brazil and Peru, where it grows on the forest floor from small rhizomes.{{Cite book |last=Bown |first=Deni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIbwAAAAMAAJ |title=Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family |date=2000 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-0-88192-485-5 |pages=169 |language=en}} Its binomial name refers to the sagittate, meaning arrowhead-shaped, form of its leaves.
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External links
- [http://www.aroid.org/genera/speciespage.php?genus=ulearum&species=sagittatum Description and photos], from the International Aroid Society
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Category:Plants described in 1905
Category:Taxa named by Adolf Engler
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