- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77301623-1
- Publication
- Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici. Florence
- Collation
- 76(2): 272
- Date of Publication
- 7 Sep 2021
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Araceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- W.Churchill 5508
- Locality
- Chiriquí: Fortuna Dam area, unnamed creek to E of road flowing into Río Hornito near Quebrada Moro, 1200 m
- Collection Date
- 16 Jun 1984
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO MO-3216379–821
isotype PMA - Distribution Of Types
- Panama (Central America, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.36253/jopt-10807 Etymology: the epithet is a noun in apposition, from the ancient Greek word 'gígas' meaning a giant, in reference to the exceedingly large size of its leaves, the largest recorded in the genus.