Anthurium sp.
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 93240 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry & Christopher Davidson |
| Identified By | |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 12 August 2004 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road between Chilligallo and Santa Domingo via San Juan and Chiriboga, 18.8 km W of Chilligallo, 12.8 km W of San Juan. 2198 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 0 17 42 W 78 39 26 |
| Note | Terrestrial; internodes short, 2-4 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers red-brown, persisting in dense network; petioles terete, narrowly sulcate adaxially, tinged purplish toward apex; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, acute and slightly paler above; tertiary veins in part prominently sunken and concolorous above, raised and concolorous below; inflorescence spreading; spathe green, hooding spadix; spadix 2.8 cm diam., dark violet-purple, matte; pistils weakly emerging, green to purple. |
Local Habitat
3.2km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Along road from Chilligallo to Santo Domingo de los Colorados on old road via Chiriboga, 15.7 km S of San Juan, 2.7 km S of Estaci¢n Corozo pumping station, 4.4 km N of Guarumal, 2.54 km N of Chiriboga. , S 00 17 00 W 078 41 00 |
| Date | 12 August 2004 |
| Ecology | Upper montane moist forest. |
