Rhodospatha forgetii N.E.Br. (Araceae— Monsteroideae—Anepsiadeae), forgotten for 110 years, and three new Rhodospatha species from Costa Rica and Panama

 

Marco Cedeño-Fonseca, Orlando O. Ortiz, Oscar Cubero Vásquez, Edwin Trujillo Trujillo, Thomas B. Croat & Michael H. Grayum

 

ABSTRACT

We provide a detailed description and photographic documentation of Rhodospatha forgetii, a species described in 1913 from material cultivated in England by the Sanders’ nursery, and until now known only from the type specimen, a slightly later illustration and its corresponding voucher presumably of the same clone. In addition, two terrestrial and one appressed-climbing nomadic vine species new to science are described: R. osaensis, endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, R. antonensis endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, and R. ovatifolia, endemic to Costa Rica and Panama.

 

KEYWORDS

Monsteroideae, Pérez Zeledón, Cloudbridge Reserve, taxonomy, Talamanca, Rhodospatha, Araceae, Costa Rica, Panama.