Asplundia allenii

Asplundia allenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Cyclanthaceae
Genus: Asplundia
Species: A. allenii
Binomial name
Asplundia allenii
Hammel 2003

Asplundia alleni is a species of terrestrial plant belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. This is a very distinctive plant: The stem is very short or absent but the petioles are up to 1.5 m long and bear palmate leaves, split into as many as 30 divisions up to 75 cm long.

This is a rare plant with a very limited distribution in central and eastern Panama.

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