Anthurium citrifolium, Croat 96409--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 441.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
citrifolium
Authorship
Sodiro
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#277,997 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
12%
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, 30-60 cm tall; internodes medium green, semiglossy, soon violet-purple, weakly glossy; cataphyll fibers persisting closely appressed to stem, pale brown; petioles subterete, yellow green, finely gland-punctate, weakly sulcate, sharply so on geniculum; 2 mm diam.; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and velvety-matte above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale green, reflexed; spadix medium green, matte, 6.5 cm long, 4 mm diam.; pistils paler.
