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Philodendron mamei

Blotched Philodendron

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blotched Philodendron

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Ecuador

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group only (Rarotonga only); Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental leaves

KEY FEATURES: Large-leaved herb to 1m. LEAVES large (85x50cm), heart-shaped, dark green with grey-green blotches; leaf-stalk to 1m, oval, green with fine broken cream stripes, crimped wing (~2mm high), basal groove very short (15cm, ~13%). FLOWER stalk to 20cm; lower spathe green to 10cm; upper spathe cream to 12cm. [from Rarotonga specimen, GMcC]

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-							-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-			-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Philodendron mamei André
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); ARECIDAE; Arales; ARACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, 2001/07, Tauvae valley near Ken Brown's gateway, G.McCormack with ID as Philodendron mamei from Tropica, confirmed from specimen in Melbourne Botanical Garden 2006/02 G.McCormack.

References:
p.127? Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM06a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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