Xanthosoma asplundii Croat & Delannay
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96436A |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph |
| Identified By | Thomas B. Croat (MO), 2018 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 25 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along 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/Long | N 00 09 21 W 078 50 09 |
| Note | Terrestrial 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. |