Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama)
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Ortiz, Orlando Oriel
Author
de Stapf, María Sánchez
Author
Baldini, Riccardo Maria
Author
Croat, Thomas Bernard
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Rhodospatha moritziana
Schott
(
Fig. 6F
)
Material examined.
Middle slopes on
W
side of Cerro Pirre;
07°57′N
,
077°46′W
;
550–760 m
;
28 Jun. 1988
;
T
.
B
. Croat 68873
(
MO
). Cerro Pirre, vicinity of station along Río Perisenico;
08°01′N
,
077°44′W
;
110 m
;
26 Jul. 1994
;
T
.
B
. Croat 77086
(
MO
). Parque Nacional del
Darién
, Estación Rancho Frío at
N
base of Cerro Pirre, ca
9 km
S
of El Real, along Quebrada Perisenico, in forest;
08°01′N
,
077°44′W
;
70–270 m
;
8 Oct. 1987
;
B
.
E
. Hammel 16109
(
MO
). Ibid., Cerro Pirre, Rancho Frio, cerca de la estación de la antigua
ANAM
;
08°01′16″N
,
077°44′04″W
;
103 m
;
17 Apr. 2016
;
O
.
O
. Ortiz 2597
(
PMA
).
Identification.
Rhodospatha moritziana
is distinguished
by having terrestrial habit, short internodes, relatively broad blades and inflorescences with whitish spathes, and uniform spadices with naked bisexual flowers. So far,
R. moritziana
is the only species with consistent terrestrial habit of the genus in
Panama
. Due to its terrestrial habit, it is possible to confuse the individuals of
R. moritziana
with those of the genus
Spathiphyllum
. On Cerro Pirre,
R. moritziana
differs from all species of
Spathiphyllum
by having reddish-punctate blades on the lower surface, with numerous primary lateral veins.
Distribution and ecology.
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Panama
,
Peru
, and
Venezuela
. In the study site, this species ocurrs along semideciduous and evergreen forests, between 90 and
800 m
.
It usually grows in shaded areas with semi-flooded soils, near the banks of rivers and streams.