Anthurium bellavistense Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
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Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
bellavistense
Authorship
Croat
2/7/2005
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
Epiphyte; internodes short 4 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persisting in network, red-brown; petioles 1 m long, 12 mm diam., medium green, semiglossy, obtusely and shallowly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib sharply acute and slightly paler in valley above, sharply 3-ribbed and paler below; primary lateral veins sharply raised in valleys, slightly paler above, acutely raised and slightly paler below; inflorescence spreading; spathe ovate, concave, reddish, hooding; spadix faintly reddish, 16 cm long, 2.2 cm diam., the old pistils dark brown.
