Check List 15(4): 651-689, doi: 10.15560/15.4.651
Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama)
Orlando Oriel Ortiz‡, María Sánchez de Stapf‡, Riccardo Maria Baldini§, Thomas Bernard Croat|‡ Universidad de Panamá, Panama, Panama§ Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy| Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, United States of America
Corresponding author: Orlando Oriel Ortiz ( ortizopma@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Adriano Stinca © Orlando Oriel Ortiz, María Sánchez de Stapf, Riccardo Maria Baldini, Thomas Bernard Croat. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Ortiz OO, de Stapf MS, Baldini RM, Croat TB (2019) Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama). Check List 15(4): 651-689. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.4.651 |  |
Abstract
Ninety-four species belonging to 12 genera of Araceae are recorded on Cerro Pirre (Darién Province): Adelonema Schott (two); Anthurium Schott (39), Chlorospatha Engl. (2), Dieffenbachia Schott (3); Heteropsis Kunth (1); Monstera Adans. (6); Philodendron Schott (28), Rhodospatha Poepp. (2); Spathiphyllum Schott (2); Stenospermation Schott (3); Syngonium Schott (4) and Xanthosoma Schott (2). Taxonomic notes, identification key and comments on habitat and ecology of the species are presented.
Keywords
Biodiversity, Central America, endemic species, taxonomy, World Heritage Site