Sphaeradenia chiriquensis

Sphaeradenia chiriquensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Sphaeradenia
Species:
S. chiriquensis
Binomial name
Sphaeradenia chiriquensis
Harling

Sphaeradenia chiriquensis is a species of plant in the family Cyclanthaceae that is native to Panama and Costa Rica. This palm-like plant is remarkable for its inflorescence, a spadix, in which the male and female flowers alternate in a precise checkerboard pattern.[1] It is a semiepiphytic herbaceous plant of the montane rainforests. It was described by Harling in 1958.[2]

References

  1. ^ Heywood Ph.D., Prof. V.H.; et al. (1978). Flowering Plants of the World. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 304 and 305 (figure 5). ISBN 0-8317-3400-0.
  2. ^ Harling, Acta Horti. Berg. Volume 18 (1958) page 376
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