Sphaeradenia chiriquensis
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| Sphaeradenia chiriquensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeradenia |
| Species: | S. chiriquensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaeradenia chiriquensis Harling
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Harling, Acta Horti. Berg. Volume 18 (1958) page 376