Philodendron adamantinum Mart. ex Schott syn. [[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5943393/pdf/phytokeys-98-051.pdf|Thaumatophyllum adamantinum (Schott) Sakur., Calazans & Mayo]] - Araceae

"The native range of this species is Brazil (Minas Gerais). It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome." [[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87619-1|kew.org]] 

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"At dusk, the inflorescences heat up to 18 °C above the surrounding ambient air temperature and give off a strong sweet odour, from which 32 volatile compounds were isolated. Dihydro-β-ionone, the major constituent in the floral scent bouquet, lures individuals of E. emarginata when applied to scented artificial decoys, either alone or blended with methyl jasmonate." \\
[Pereira, Juliana, et al. "Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae) lures its single cyclocephaline scarab pollinator with specific dominant floral scent volatiles." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111.3 (2014): 679-691]


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as Thaumatophyllum adamantinum, Minas Gerais, Brasil (2025) © Suzana Ehlin Martins [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/|CC BY-SA 4.0]] [[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=985707|inaturalist.org]]