Spathiphyllum wendlandii

Spathiphyllum wendlandii
	Spathiphyllum wendlandii
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Frog-spoon-like (Alismatales)
Family :	Arum family (Araceae)
Subfamily :	Monsteroideae
Genre :	Spathiphyllum
Type :	Spathiphyllum wendlandii
Scientific name
	Spathiphyllum wendlandii
	Bulkhead

Spathiphyllum wendlandii is a species of plant fromthe Arum family (Araceae). It is native to Costa Rica and Panama .

description

The leaves of the species are obsolete or lanceolate, oblong-round to broad or narrow-elliptical. At the base they are usually pointed in a wedge shape. The leaves are 38 to 74 inches long and 11 to 28 inches wide.

The spathe is narrow to broadly elliptical, reaches a length of 16 to 29 centimeters and 5.5 to 9.8 centimeters. It is white, as is the piston .

Distribution and botanical history

Spathiphyllum wendlandii is only native to Honduras , Costa Rica and Panama , where it grows in wet forests . The species was first described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1858 .

Web links

Commons : Spathiphyllum wendlandii - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 98, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT

Individual evidence

↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Spathiphyllum - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 17, 2018.

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Spathiphyllum - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 17, 2018.