Anthurium scandens--Peru. Edo. Cuzco. Jard. Bot. at Machu Picchu. 27 Oct 05. 161.jpg
Native to 32 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Cusco (Jardin Botanico at Machu Picchu)
Location Remarks
South side of the bridge over Rio Urubamba, beginning of Carretera Hiram Bingham.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-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
Epiphytic; internodes elongate, 3 mm diam.; petioles sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and weakly glossy below; midrib etched and concolorous above, bluntly angular, paler below; primary lateral veins not obvious; collective veins more conspicuous than primary lateral veins; inflorescence minute; spathe tinged purplish; spadix green, 2 mm diam., medium green.
Location
Peru, Cusco, La Convencion (Santa Ana)
-12.901389, -72.762222
Location Remarks
Distrito Santa Ana. Tunqui Mayo. Bosque secundario y borde de quebrada. 1870 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán Vargas, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Hierba escandente; frutos morados.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. Epífita, espádice y espata blancas.
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios (Ipiales)
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Epiphyte; stem 3 mm diam.; spathe reflexed, green; spadix medium green; berries lavender, flattened laterally.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
scandens
Authorship
(Aubl.) Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#89,118 of 335,497
Top 27%
Extinction probability
10%
