Anthurium ovatifolium Engl.
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 95923 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | T. B. Croat (MO) |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 1 km NE of Maquipucuna Entrance. 1423 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 00 07 15 W 078 36 59 |
| Note | Epiphyte; internodes short, 2.5-4 cm diam.; cataphylls persisting as brownish parallel fibers; petioles 6-12 x 7-13 mm, dark green, weakly glaucous, narrowly and obtusely sulcate; blades moderately coriaceous, dark green, weakly glossy above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and weakly quilted, concolorous above, convex and darker below; inflorescence erect-spreading; spathe medium green, tinged with purple, matte inside, weakly glossy outside; spadix dark green and weakly glossy, 1.2 cm diam. |
Local Habitat
0.2km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 2 km N of Maquipucuna Entrance., N 00 07 19 W 078 37 06 |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
1.8km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
1.8km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
| Comment | Many bees (Hymenoptera). |
