FIGURE 3. Philodendron melloi. A. Habit. B. Left blade adaxial surface. C. Left blade abaxial surface. D. Prophyll. E in Philodendron melloi (Araceae), a new species from central Amazonia, Brazil

FIGURE 3. Philodendron melloi. A. Habit. B. Left blade adaxial surface. C. Left blade abaxial surface. D. Prophyll. E. Inflorescence in anthesis at the ground. F. Sympodium floral with four inflorescences. G. Inflorescence and floral button, adaxial side. H. Inflorescence and floral button, detail of spathe and floral cataphyll, abaxial side. I. Detail staminate zone, male-sterile zone, pistillate zone and stipe. J. Fertile collect. K. Infrutescence mature. L. Detailed view of the distinctive vegetative characters between similar species collected in RFAD, P. melloi (on top), P. barrosoanum (on the left side) and P.hylaeae (in the right side) respectively.