Phyllotaenium Lindenii 'Magnificum'
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''Phyllotaenium lindenii'' 'Magnificum', also known as ''Caladium lindenii'' 'Magnificum' or ''Xanthosoma lindenii'' 'Magnificum', is a
cultivar A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
of the species ''
Phyllotaenium lindenii ''Phyllotaenium lindenii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Phyllotaenium''. It is a tuberous geophyte native to the wet tropics of Colombia and Panama. It is named after Belgian botanist Je ...
''. It is differentiated from the species by having more pronounced veins on the leaves that are a creamy white coloration. The cultivar grows from a
rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...
and is commonly grown as an ornamental plant.


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Aroideae Ornamental plant cultivars {{Araceae-stub