Sphaeradenia chiriquensis
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| Sphaeradenia chiriquensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Cyclanthaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeradenia |
| Species: | S. chiriquensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaeradenia chiriquensis Harling | |
Sphaeradenia chiriquensis is a species of plant in the family Cyclanthaceae that is native to Panama and Costa Rica. This palm-like plant is remarkable for its inflorescence, a spadix, in which the male and female flowers alternate in a precise checkerboard pattern.[1] It is a semiepiphytic herbaceous plant of the montane rainforests. It was described by Harling in 1958.[2]