Anthurium citrifolium, Croat 96409--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 441.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
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.
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%
