Anthurium, DNeill15986--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Res.Tapichalaca. Qb. Honda. 25 Sep 07. 101.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda (Palanda Canton)
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic herb. Spathe green suffused red. Fruiting spadix dark red; flowering spadiz also dark red. Petiole and leaf midrib suffused red.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short 2-5 cm diam.; petioles slightly sulcate; blades coriaceous, dark green, semiglossy above, pale and matte below; spathe green reflexed; spadix purplish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
lingua
Authorship
Sodiro
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
0.3
Global rank
#162,960 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
5%
