Dracontium pittieri is a species of flowering plant native to Costa Rica. It is similar in appearance to Dracontium gigas, but has a substantially longer peduncle, which is the longest of any plant in its genus, between five and eight times the length of its spathe.[2]
Dracontium pittieri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Dracontium |
Species: | D. pittieri
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Binomial name | |
Dracontium pittieri |
References
edit- ^ Anales Inst. Fís.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 9: 209 (1898)
- ^ "Dracontium pittieri Engl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-10-22.