Anthurium sarmentosum Engl. belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium mindense cf, Croat93426--Ecuador. Prov. Cotopaxi. Guayacan-Pucayacu rd. 14 Aug 04. 130.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
sarmentosum
Authorship
Engl.
8/15/2004
Location
Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Latacunga
-0.610278, -78.477167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cotopaxi: Laguna de Limpiopungo. Colecciones en y alrededor de la laguna. Páramo. 3863 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial on steep bank; primary lateral veins 5-6 mm diam., medium green to yellow-brown, weakly glossy; cataphylls 7.5 cm long, green, deciduous; petioles sharply sulcate, medium green, purplish red, tinged densely speckled; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and matte below; midrib bluntly acute and paler, tinged red above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins quilted and concolorous above, narrowly raised, pleated-raised and slightly darker below; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark purple-violet, 8 mm diam.; pistils weakly emerged; berries red, 5 mm long, 4 mm diam.
3/22/2006
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
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
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial vine on steep bank; internodes 8 mm diam.; cataphylls persisting, semi-intact at upper most nodes; petioles sharply C-shaped with obtuse medial rib, tinged reddish; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and reddish above, narrowly rounded and much paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, bluntly angular and pleated-raised below; spathe green, reflexed; spadix dark violet-purple; berries violet.
