Occurrence

Croat, T 93239

Anthurium gualeanum Engl.

8/11/2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium gualeanum Engl. (Croat, T 93239) was collected on 8/11/2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 29 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium gualeanum, Croat93239--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Old hwy Quito to Sto. Domingo. 12 Aug 04. 102.jpg

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

gualeanum

Authorship

Engl.

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Croat, T 93239

Collection Date

8/11/2004

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson

Remarks

Terrestrial on steep slopes; internodes short, 6 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers pale brown, persisting in dense mass; petioles terete, obtusely and shallowly sulcate, medium green, semiglossy, 2.3 cm diam. midway; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and slightly paler above, thick and narrowly round-raised, paler below; primary lateral veins bluntly acute and paler below, slightly acute and paler below; tertiary veins in part raised below; inflorescence spreading; spathe purplish violet, semiglossy outside, glossy inside, ca. 5 cm diam. in bud to 15 cm diam. at anthesis; spadix dark violet-purple, matte, 3.5-4.2 cm diam.; infructescence red-brown, matte, to 10 cm diam.