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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
sarmentosum
Authorship
Engl.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
0.7
Global rank
#71,061 of 335,497
Top 22%
Extinction probability
12%
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.
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.
