Anthurium bomboizense Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium truncicola, Croat98777--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 421.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
bomboizense
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.7
Global rank
#9,052 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
39%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
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.
Collectors
Notes
Epiphyte; internodes short, cataphylls marcescent with only pale basal portion of fibers remaining; petioles terete, medium-dark green, semiglossy, 9 mm diam.; geniculum 3.5 cm long; blades moderately coriaceous; dark green and semiglossy above, paler and moderately glossy below; midrib narrowly round-raised and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and slightly darker below; inflorescence erect, spathe medium-dark green, spreading-reflexed; spadix dark green, semiglossy, 30 cm long, 1 cm diam.
