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Missouri Botanical Garden
PMA); trail to top of Cerro Tute, Croat 48903 (MO, PMA); de Bimbe, Croat 57000 (CM, MO); Centinela, 12 km E of
Cerro Tute, Sytsma & Antonio 3006 (MO). COLOMBIA. Patricia Pilar on border with Los Rios, Gentry 26705 (MO);
Antioquia: Murri, La Blanquita, Rfo Murrf, Transect 7, Centinela, Montanas de Ila, 13 km E of Patricia Pilar, ca.
Gentry et al. 75903 (MO); Villa Arteaga, Gutierrez, G. &
Barkley 17115 (COL); PN Natural "Las Orquideas," Ven-
54 km S of Santo Domingo, Hammel & Trainer 15836 (MO).
ados arriba, Rfo Venados, A. Cogollo et al. 3462 (JAUM,
MO); Mutata, Rfo Chontadural, Hacienda E1 Darien, Fonrl.egra
1344 (HUA); Carepa, Est. Exp. de Tulenapa (CA),
(>(llle.j(l.s et al. 9704 (NY). Choco: Serranfa de Baudo, Las
Anilllas-Pato, Rfo Pato, ca. 4 km SW of Pato, Croat 56112
(Cl-f()CC), JAUM, K, MO); Medellfn-Quibdo, km 208.5, 9
kls W of Tutunedo, ca. 9 km E of Quibd6, Croat 56205
26. Dieffenbachia wendlandii Schott, Oesterr.
Bot. Z. 8: 179. 1858. TYPE: E1 Salvador. Santa
Ana, H. Wendland s.n. (holotype, GOET!).
Figures 26, 28B.
(CH()CO, COL, CUVC, HUA, MO); Quibd6-Medellfnv km
Stout herb, to (0.8)1.2-2(3) m tall; sap strong and
103z). 14 km E of Tutunendo, Croat 56282 (CHOCO, COL
JAUM, MO, PMA); San Jose del Palmar-Novita, vic. Santa foul-scented (only weakly foul-scented in some At-
Rosa, (>roat 56625 (COL, HUA, MO); Quibdo-Medellfn, 25 lantic slope populations); stems erect, decumbent
,l,i. E of Quib(l6, (>roat 52300 (F, MO, PMA); ca. 2 km E at base; internodes dark green to blackish green or
of Playa de Oro, Croat 57427 (CHOCO, MO); Pueblo Rico medium green, glossy to semiglossy, 1-5 cm long,
(Risalalda)-Istmina (Choco), Quebrada Anton, 15 km W of
Santa Cecilia, 6 km SV of Choco-Risaralda border, Croat
2-5.2 cm diam.; petioles (11.5)16-32(65) cm long
7()S*()0 (MO); Me(lellfn-(Juibdo, 85 km W of Bolfvar, Croat (averaging 25 cm long), matte, medium dark green,
46).X1() (MO); Ae andi-Serranfa del Darien, Juncosa 619 sometimes finely darker green-striped throughout
(M()); Pueblo Ri(o (Risaralda)-Istmina (Choco), 1 km W of (or at least near the base), often weakly glossy to-
(,tlulato and Rio Guarato at Risaralda and Choc6 border,
ward the apex, moderately spongy, obtusely and
(vro(lx 70868 (CM, MO); Nuquf, Quebrada Chaquf, Galeano
46()() (MO); Arusf, E1 Amargal, trail to Arusf, Mora 51 shallowly sulcate (sometimes more acutely sulcate
((j()I,), Croat & Mor(l 83696 (MO); Quibdo, Tutunendo-Alto near the apex) to D-shaped, sometimes with a slen-
({e1 Viente R(l., 25 km N of Quibdo, Callejas & Jangoux der erect margin or often terete in populations in
26t (HUA). Narillo: Rfo Timbiquf, Lehmann 8876 (K); easteln Mexico, sheathed (0.3)0.5-0.9 their length;
vtllley of Rfo Im})i, l'asto-Tumaco, vic. "Palmar" 3 km NW
ol Rie aulte, ca. 1 knl E of Texas Gulf Pipeline Maintenance
sheath (6)12-30(45) cm long (averaging 18 cm
Station, Rfo Inll)i, C8roat 71461 (MO). Risarallla: Pueblo long); sheath sometimes markedly undulate on that
Ri(o, Santa Ce(ilia, Quebrada La Calera, Betancur et al. portion clasping stem, inc urled throughout its
3()54 (MO). Valle del Cauca: Cali-Buenaventura, Lobot,tlerrero-Cisneros,
Quebrada la Guinea at 1.2 kln E of Ciseros,
Croat 62831 (COL, HUA, MO, UB); vic. Queremal,
llfo Cava, Croat & Gaskin 80391 (CUVC, MO); Cordillera
()(cidental, Rfo Digua, Cuatrecasas 15053 (US); Bajo Callength
with the margins incurled to erect and
touching or well-spaced, initially decurrent or nearly
so at the apex and with one side completely hiding
the other from above the middle, sometimes
ima, Buenaventura-Malaga, km 51.3, Croat 71017 (MO); with the margins somewhat erect and eventually +
lAuenaventura-Malaga, Pulpapel facilities at km 9, Croat emarginate with one side rounded, the other side
70099 (MO). ECUADOR. Esmeraldas: San Lorenzo, Rfo
Palavi, vic. AWA encampment, Hoover et al.
rounded and somewhat free-ending, rarely with the
3161 (MO);
Awa camp to Rfo Palavf, Hoover et al. 3968 (MO); Lita-San apex })roadly rounded and free-ending; unsheathed
l,orenzo rd., 14.2 km W of Rfo Lita Bridge (below Lita), portion of petiole (1)3.5-12(24) cm long (averaging
Croat et al. 82305 (MO); 17.3 km E of Rio TululbfX Croat 8 cm long), terete or thicker than broad, 12-14 mm
83126 (MO, WU); 33.0 km E of Gasolinera San Lorenzo,
diam., 13-15 mm thick, usually obtusely sulcate
Rfo San Jose, 1.1 km N Lita-San Lorenzo rd, Croat 83889
(AAU, F, GB, MO, NY, QCA, S); Lita-San Lorenzo Rd., 1.2 except terete in some areas on the Atlantic slope
km W of E1 Durango, 21.1 km W of Alto Tambo, Croat et of Mexico (the sulcus sometimes broader toward the
*11. 82441 (MO, QCNE); Lita-Carondelet Rd., km 16, apex); blades narrowly ovate to ovate-elliptic,
Schwerdtfeger 21422 (MO); Bilsa Biol. Res., Montanas de (15)20-55(65) cm long, (9)10-22(28) cm wide (av-
Mache, 35 km W of Quininde, 5 km W of Santa Isabela,
eraging 35 x 17 cm), 1.3-2.4 times longer than
Pitrnan & Bass 995 (MO, QCNE); Fila de Bilsa, 7 km E
of San Jose de Bilsa, ca. 80 km due SW of Esmeraldas, 12 broad (averaging 2 times longer than broad), subkm
SE of E1 Salto on Atacames-Muisne Rd., Gentry et al. coriaceous to moderately coriaceous, acute and
72955 (MO); Eloy Alfaro, comuna de Corriente Grande (Rfo
Chimbagal, tributary del Cayapas), Yanez et al. 1387 (MO);
Res. Ecol. Cotacachi-Cayapas, Charco VicenteS Rfo San Miguel,
Palacios & Tirado 11287 (MO, QCNE); Quininde,
Herrera-Los Monos, headwaters of Rfo Aguacatal, Palacios
13626 (CM, MO, QCNE, US); NE of Las Golondrinas, Sitio
apiculate to abruptly or gradually acuminate at
apex (sometimes rounded and apiculate), acute to
obtuse or rounded and attenuate at base, sometimes
rounded to subcordate, slightly inequilateral, one
side 0.8-3.0(4.5) cm narrower than the other; upper
La Bella Jungla, Cooperativa Unidos Venceremos, Palacios
11452 (MO, QCNE). Loja: Rfo Pichima, Forero 719 (COL,
MO). Pichincha: Rfo Palenque Science Center, halfway
between Quevedo and Santo Dominga de los Colorados,
Gentry et al. 24700 (MO); rd. E of Santo Domingo-Quevedo
rd. (beginning 10.S km N of Patricia Pilar), Caserfo Palmar
surface dark green, semiglossy to weakly glossy,
drying gray-green to yellow-brown; lower surface
paler, matte or nearly so, drying yellow-green to
yellow-brown (both surfaces dark yellow-brown on
very old specimens); midrib flat to broadly sunken