Philodendron oblongum is a species of plant in the genus Philodendron native to eastern Brazil.[1][2] First described as Arum oblongum by Vellozo in 1831, it was moved by Carl Sigismund Kunth to Philodendron.[3] Like others in the genus, it grows in wet tropical biomes and is a hemiepiphyte.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Philodendron |
| Species: | P. oblongum
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| Binomial name | |
| Philodendron oblongum (Vell.) Kunth
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| Synonyms | |
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Arum oblongum Vell. | |
References
edit- ^ "Philodendron oblongum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Govaerts, Rafaël; Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Royal Botanic Gardens. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-84246-036-8.
- ^ Grayum, Michael H. (1996). "Revision of Philodendron Subgenus Pteromischum (Araceae) for Pacific and Caribbean Tropical America". Systematic Botany Monographs. 47: 1–233. doi:10.2307/25027858. ISSN 0737-8211.
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