AMORPHOPHALLUS DECLINATUS
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
Ab Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch in stylis brevissimis, appendice gracillima, spatha valde declinata differt.
Typus: MerrillI 9419 (L holo; iso BO, SING), Philippines, Palawan, Taytay Bay.
Photo by Alan Galloway
SYNONYMS:
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS: N/A
HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS: N/A
ACCEPTED INFRASPECIFICS: N/A
OTHER: N/A
DISTRIBUTION: Philippines | Palawan
CLIMATE: N/A
ECOLOGY: N/A
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
Leaflets elliptic lanceolate, acuminate, up to c. 8 cm long and c. 3 cm in diam.
INFLORESCENCE:
Inflorescence solitary,long peduncled; peduncle 69-113 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diam., smooth; spathe elongate triangular, 17-30 cm long, 9-20 cm in diam., base strongly convolute, separated from the limb by a shallow constriction, limb acute, fornicate during anthesis, inside base with numerous, slightly ridge-like, fleshy warts. Spadix exceeding the spathe, sessile, 25-50 cm long \ female zone elongate, slightly conic, 2-4 cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm in diam., flowers congested; male zone slightly obconic, 2-5.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm in diam., flowers congested; appendix elongate, 21-40 cm long, c. 1.5 cm in diam. at the base, gradually tapering to the acute tip, surface smooth. Ovaries slightly depressed, circular in cross section, 1 mm high, 1.5 mm in diam., unilocular; style short, c. 0.3 mm long, c. 0.7 mm in diam.; stigma hemispheric or slightly depressed, circular in cross section, 0.7-1 mm high, 1 mm in diam., entire, surface verruculose. Maleflowers consisting of 1-4 stamens; stamens c. 1 mm long; anthers sessile, elliptic in cross section, truncate, 1-1.5 mm in diam., pores apical. Pollen psilate.
VARIEGATED FORMS: N/A
ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet refers to the fornicate (arched) spathe limb during anthesis.
NOTES:
In general appearance Amorphophallus declinatus resembles Amorphophallus konjac, but differs in the much shorter style, the narrow appendix and the fornicate spathe-limb.
CULTIVARS: N/A
HYBRIDS: N/A
