Scaphispatha gracilisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Scaphispatha gracilis is a species in the family Araceae. This species is endemic to South America and has peltate leaves that resembles those in the genus Caladium. The species was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1860 after he received an inflorescence of the plant. He hadn't however seen the plant itself and it wasn't rediscovered until 1976 when Joseph Bogner collected tubers from the plant and successfully flowered them at the Munich Botanic Garden. Upon seeing the inflorescence it was realized that this was the plant Schott had originally described.