Anthurium nangaritense Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium, Croat98716--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 046.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
nangaritense
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.3
Global rank
#12,024 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
43%
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
Terrestrial; internodes short, 1.5 cm diam., cataphylls persisting in a pale yellow-brown network of fibers, these flaring, not tightly appressed; petioles 21-24 cm long, 4 mm diam., medium green, semiglossy, terete; blades 30-40 cm long, 7-8 cm wide, subcoriaceous, dark green matte-subvelvety above; moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and slightly paler above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins 7-8 per side, etched above, weakly raised and concolorous below, about as prominent as the collective veins; inflorescence erect; peduncle pale green, 3 mm diam.; spathe medium green, reflexed, broken off; spadix dark purple-violet, 7.4 cm long, 4 mm diam., weakly glossy with pistils weakly protruding, purple-violet.
