Philodendron luxurians Croat, D.P.Hannon & R.Kaufmann

, Aroideana 43(3-4): 43 (2020).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77214863-1
Publication
Aroideana; Journal of the International Aroid Society
Collation
43(3-4): 43
Date of Publication
31 Dec 2020
Family as entered in IPNI
Araceae

Type Information

Collector Team
T. B. Croat, D. P. Hannon & S. Lahmeyer 103536
Locality
Chocó Department: Pacific lowlands, less than 300m
Type Herbaria
holotype MO MO-2353064; MO-2353065
isotype COL
isotype HBG
isotype K
isotype QCNE
isotype US
Distribution Of Types
Colombia (Western South America, Southern America)
Type Remarks
Original collector unknown; cultivated at Huntington Botanical Gardens under HBG accession number 95836, vouchered by Dylan Hannon and Sean Lahmeyer.

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

The species epithet comes from Latin ('luxus', 'luxuriosus'), meaning extravagant, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, or immoderate, and refers to the remarkably attractive velvety leaf blades of this new species.