Anthurium giganteum, Croat, not coll.--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 374.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 016.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 015.jpg
Anthurium, Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 013.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 014.jpg
Anthurium, Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04.021.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 017.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 04.020.jpg
Anthurium sp., Croat93165--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 10 Aug 04. 019.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short, to 4.5 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persisting in a close reticulum, in part with epidermis intact, dark brown; petioles terete, blade margins undulate, upper blade glossy, slightly concave anterior lobe quilted between veins,8-9 basal veins, 1 free to base basal vein, posterior lobe orientation inward, sinus spathulate to closed,
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
giganteum
Authorship
Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#74,939 of 335,497
Top 23%
Extinction probability
10%
