Nephthytis
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Nephthytis (name borrowed from Egyptian mythology; Nephthys, mother of Amibis, wife of Typhon). Araceae. Tropical African creepers, two of which are cultivated in hothouses for their variegated foliage. Leaves more or less halberd-shaped or arrow-shaped, with scarcely any sheath on the petiole: infl. terminal; spathe concave-expanded; ovary 1-celled; ovule solitary, pendulous.—About half a dozen species.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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