Rhodospatha moritziana Schott
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 94462 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | T. Croat (MO) |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 11 February 2005 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Reserva Guaycuyacu, along Río Guaycuyacu between Cielo Verde cable crossing over Río Guaycuyacu and village of Santa Rosa near mouth of Río Guaycuyacu at Río Guayabama. 500 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 0 13 0 W 78 55 0 |
| Note | Terrestrial to 1.3 m tall; internodes short, 4 cm diam.; petioles medium green, matte, densely speckled; sheathed to within 7-8 cm of apex; sheath deciduous; geniculum sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, much paler and matte below; midrib V-sulcate and much paler above thick and narrowly raised, slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, convex, darker below; minor veins moderately distinct; inflorescence erect; spathe greenish pre-anthesis; spadix salmon-red, becoming pinkish purple. |
Local Habitat
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| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Reserva Guaycuyacu near border with Imbabura Province, along R¡o Guaycuyacu on road from Cielo-Verde to Santa Rosa, near junction of R¡o Guaycuyacu and R¡o Guayabamba., N 00 13 00 W 78 55 00 |
| Date | 10 February 2005 |
| Ecology | Mid-elevation moist forest, ca. 500 m. |
| Comment | A small but very rich fragment of the original forest. |
