Xanthosoma asplundii Croat & Delannay

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 96436A
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Identified ByThomas B. Croat (MO), 2018
SourceC. Davidson
Date25 March 2006
CountryEcuador
provincePichincha
LocationAlong road between Pacto and Cielo Verde on Río Guayabamba (Province Imbabura), 19.1 km NW of Armenia junction of Main Nanegalito-Pto. Quito Hwy, 6.5 km W of La Delicia, 10.2 km W of Pacto. 1457 m elev.
Lat/LongN 00 09 21 W 078 50 09
NoteTerrestrial 1.0-1.5 m tall; petioles sheathed to above middle, medium green, semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; major veins sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly rounded and paler below; spathe tube greenish outside, tinged purple on open side, dark purple within; spathe blade white; female spadix orange.