Native to Colombia, Ecuador; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Croat, T 94792

February 17, 2005

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, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestrial or epiphytic; internodes short or elongated, 5-15 cm long, medium green, semiglossy; petioles terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, acute and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and concolorous above, pleated-raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe orange-red and glossy; spadix orange except white in middle, semiglossy.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

andraeanum

Authorship

Linden ex André

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#159,856 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →