Croat, T 93239

Anthurium gualeanum Engl.

August 11, 2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium gualeanum Engl. (Croat, T 93239) was collected on August 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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Record Number

Croat, T 93239

Collection Date

August 11, 2004 · Ecuador

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

gualeanum

Authorship

Engl.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.0

Global rank

#14,989 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

24%