Araceae
Philodendron

Philodendron borgesii G.S.Bunting

First published in Phytologia 60: 310 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela (Táchira). It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org

Distribution
Venezuela: Dtto San Cristóbal, Edo Táchira.
General Description
Scandent herb. Stem up to 3 m long, 4 cm diam., internodes 3.5-5.5 cm long. Cataphyll thick 21-40 cm long, pale green on the upper half pink-suffused, soon disintegrating and gradually breaking up. LEAVES: Petiole robust, spongy, in young plants strongly swollen, terete, up to 78 cm long and 1.5 cm thick towards the apex, 2 cm thick below, sheathed part 6-8.7 cm long. Leaf blade subcoriaceous, outline broadly ovate, 47-68 cm long, 38-53 cm wide, cordate at the base, posterior lobes rounded or obtusely angled, each lobe 14-25 cm wide, separated by a spathulate or obovate, 14-20 cm deep sinus. Obtuse towards the apex, the apex itself acuminate (1.0-1.5 cm), both surfaces glossy, adaxially midrib flat, primary lateral veins sulcate, 5-7 on each side, orientated at an angle of 55-58º, veins strong from each of the two posterior ribs, 2-3 departing on each side, posterior rib naked in the sinus for 3.2-5.4 cm. INFLORESCENCE in threes. Peduncle to 13 cm long. Spathe 17.5 cm long, tube 9.5x3.8 cm, limb externally green from white-green, internally intense wine-coloured throughout (at least in the tube). Spadix up to 16 cm long, sessile nevertheless the axis at the front naked for 1 cm. Pistillate flowers: ovary 8-9 locular, ovules 3-5 in each locule, affixed above the base. Staminate flowers (from the base to the apex of the spadix) 6-4(-3)-androus. INFRUCTESCENCE: 9.8x2.5 cm. Berries 0.4-0.5 cm long, truncate at the apex, cream-coloured, seeds ellipsoid 1.4x0.65 mm smooth yellow-brown.
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Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0