Anthurium sarmentosum Engl.
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96281 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | Thomas B. Croat, (MO) |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 23 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road from Santo Domingo de Los Colorados via Chiriboga and San Juan, 12 km NE of La Union and Río Pilaton. 1212 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 00 17 46 W 078 52 13 |
| Note | Terrestrial vine on steep bank; internodes 8 mm diam.; cataphylls persisting, semi-intact at upper most nodes; petioles sharply C-shaped with obtuse medial rib, tinged reddish; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and reddish above, narrowly rounded and much paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, bluntly angular and pleated-raised below; spathe green, reflexed; spadix dark violet-purple; berries violet. |
Local Habitat
2.0km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Along road between Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, via Chiriboga and San Juan. Departing main highway at La Uníon, Km 70 on new Sta. Domingo-Quito Hwy., 11.3 km N of main highway., S 00 18 29 W 078 53 01 |
| Date | 23 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
