Occurrence

Croat, T 98649

Anthurium Schott

9/14/2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium Schott (Croat, T 98649) was collected on 9/14/2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 9 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium, TCroat98649--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Rio Nangaritza ca Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 275.jpg

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Authorship

Schott

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Croat, T 98649

Collection Date

9/14/2007

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe

Remarks

Terrestrial on trail bank; internodes short, 2.5 cm diam.; cataphylls 30 cm long, medium green, semiglossy, persisting intact briefly, then rotting, only the bases persisting; petioles terete 9 mm diam., dark green, weakly glossy; geniculum 5.5 cm long, slightly thick; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, slightly paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and slightly paler above, bluntly angular and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded and concolorous above, bluntly angular and slightly paler below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, moderately glossy erect-recurled with the base wrapped around spadix; spadix greenish white ca. 20 cm long, 1 cm diam. midway, weakly glossy.

Geographic Information

Country

Ecuador

State/Province

Zamora Chinchipe

Coordinates

-4.313333, -78.661389

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

Location Remarks

Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.

Collection Location

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