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Nombre aceptado
Cryptocoryne affinis N.E.Br. Especie
Reino
Plantae
División
Tracheophyta
Clase
Liliopsida
Orden
Alismatales
Familia
Araceae
Género
Cryptocoryne
Lista Roja de la UICN
Preocupación menor
Distribución
Malaya; Thailand
Publicado en
J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 494 (1893)

Multimedia y observaciones

S. Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Pahang, Kelatantan, Perak (type), and Kedah). (CATE Araceae)

Evergreen herb to 1 m tall. Subterranean stem a rhizome, 1–2 cm diam. Cataphylls sheathing separately petiole and peduncle, 1–25 cm long; petiole to 60 cm long; leaf blade pedate; leaflets 5(–7), oblong-elliptic, 13–16 × up to 6 cm wide, margins entire, apex acuminate, ending in a short arista, ca 1 cm long; central leaflet with a petiolule to 6 cm long; lateral leaflets shortly petiolulate, external ones asymmetrical, green. Inflorescence overtopping the foliage; peduncle to 85 cm long, carmine; spathe tube slightly funnel-shaped, ca 6 × 2.5 cm near the mouth, light yellow-green; spathe mouth margins with broad auricles, 1.5–2.5 cm wide; spathe limb ovate, ca 11 × 4 cm, light green, tip acuminate, ending in a short thread; spadix appendix protruding from the tube, but shorter than the spathe, 6–8 cm long, thin, sessile, lower part conical, ca 5 mm wide, covered with many, green, flexuous bristles, 3–18 cm long, and with short purple bristles just above the fertile zone; fertile zone staminate or bisexual; staminate flowers 3–4-androus; anthers stalked; thecae dehiscent by an elongate pore; pistillate flowers, infructescence and fruits unknown. (CATE Araceae)

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2869235 https://www.gbif.org/species/2869235
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