Philodendron davidsonii is a flowering plant belonging to the genus Philodendron. It was first described by Thomas Bernard Croat.Croat (1983) , In: Aroideana 6: 39 Govaerts R. (ed). For a full list of reviewers see: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/compilersReviewers.do (2019). WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (version Aug 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
Summary Description
Epiphytic, climbing plant, found in nature in the canopy of trees, native to the humid forests of Costa Rica and adjacent Nicaragua and Panama. Leaves with deeply grooved petiole, entire, leathery blade, with prominently impressed veins. Erect inflorescences, 1 to 3 per peduncle, spathe light green in color, extremely purple on the inside. Lorenzi, Harri et al., Casa Verde: plantas para interior, Nova Odessa, Instituto Plantarum, 2022, p. 186
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