Asplundia allenii

Taxobox
name = "Asplundia allenii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Lilliopsida
ordo = Pandanales
familia = Cyclanthaceae
genus = "Asplundia"
species = "A. allenii"
binomial = "Asplundia allenii"
binomial_authority = 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 up to 30 divisions up to 75 cm long.

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

References

* [http://www.inbio.ac.cr/pdf/CyclanthNovon03.pdf New Species of Cyclanthaceae from southern Central America and northern South America]