Anthurium pallidiflorum, Croat 96078--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 350 (3).jpg
Anthurium pallidiflorum, Croat 96078--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 350.jpg
Anthurium pallidiflorum, Croat 96078--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 350 (2).jpg
Anthurium pallidiflorum, Croat 96078--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 350 (4).jpg
Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios (Canton Caluma)
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte; internodes short, 1.5-2.0 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers pale, persistint; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, slightly paler and matte below; midrib convex, paler and speckled above, weakly convex and paler below; primary lateral veins scarcely raised either side; infructescence pendent; berries bright red. [From C. Davidson's notes: epiphytic creeper in a 6-m Heisteria latifolia.]
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
pallidiflorum
Authorship
Engl.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#133,759 of 335,497
Top 40%
Extinction probability
6%
