Anthurium angamarcanum Sodiro

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 93360
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, X. Cornejo, C. Davidson, G. Ferry
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date14 August 2004
CountryEcuador
provinceLos Rios
cantonBabahoyo
LocationClementina Farms, Cerro Samama, 5.7 km S and W of main Pueblo-Viejo-Caluma Road, 5.2 km W from bridge over Río Pita, (turnoff is 6.3 km E from Potosí). 371 - 600 m elev.
Lat/LongS 01 38 51 W 079 19 52
NoteEpiphyte; internodes 1-2 cm long, 2.5 cm diam.; cataphylls pinkish tinged, turning brown with pale fibers exposed at base; petioles reddish at base, sometimes reddish speckled, terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and velvety above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib narrowly raised and paler above and below; internodes narrowly raised and paler marginally, pale discolored above, bluntly acute and paler below; inflorescence green, immature; spathe green; spadix reddish purple, matte when immature.

Local Habitat

0km distance

LocationEcuador, Prov. Bolivar, Clementina Farms, Cerro Samama, 5.7 km S and W of main Pueblo-Viejo-Caluma Road, 5.2 km W from bridge over R¡o Pita, (turnoff is 6.3 km E from Potos¡)., S 01 38 51 W 079 19 52
Date14 August 2004
EcologyPacific slope moist forest.

0.3km distance

LocationEcuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58
Date18 March 2006
CommentThis small frog was in the leaf litter.

0.3km distance

LocationEcuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58
Date18 March 2006
CommentScarabaeidae on a fern