Anthurium versicolor Sodiro belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium versicolor, Croat98859--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime V. V d Quime. 20 Sep 07. 091.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
versicolor
Authorship
Sodiro
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
0.6
Global rank
#81,529 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short, 1.7 cm diam.; few pale cataphylls fibers persisting; petiole sheath C-shaped, dark green, weakly glossy to matte; major veins acute, concolorous above, bluntly acute below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green reflexed; spadix pale yellow, tipped green.
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; stems to greater than 1 m long, 3-4 cm diam.; cataphylls marcescent, partly persistent as thin intact fragment; petiole terete medium green, semiglossy, 12 mm diam.; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and almost matte below; midrib acute and slightly paler above, convex and faintly ribbed below; primary lateral veins acute and concolorous above, blade acute and concolorous below; spadix creamy yellow-white; infructescence with tepals purplish; fruits green, early emergent.
