Anthurium umbricola Engl.

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 93407
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, C. Davidson
Identified ByT. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date16 August 2004
CountryEcuador
provinceCotopaxi
LocationAlong road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda. 580 m elev.
Lat/LongS 00 52 08 W 079 09 33
NoteTerrestrial on steep bank; internodes to 1 cm long, medium green, semiglossy; cataphylls persisting more or less intact, reddish brown; petioles medium green, semiglossy, deeply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green, matte above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib narrowly raised and slightly paler above, acute and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and concolorous below; collective veins equal to primary lateral veins; spathe medium green, spreading; fruits violet, 3-5 mm diam., subglobose, more or less truncate at apex