Anthurium bertilii Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium cupulispathum, Croat93314--Ecuador. Prov. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, E of Pita. 14 Aug 04. 018.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
bertilii
Authorship
Croat
8/13/2004
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios, Babahoyo
-3.566389, -78.441389
Location Remarks
Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, X. Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Epiphyte at 15 m; internodes short, 6 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persisting in netlike reticulum; petioles terete, narrowly and obtusely sulcate, medium green, weakly glossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and glossy above, paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above near base, acute toward apex, narrowly rounded and paler below with an acute rib; primary lateral veins bluntly acute and paler above, acute and moderately paler below; tertiary veins in part weakly raised below; inflorescence spreading; spathe purplish violet, semiglossy outside, darker and glossier inside, with paler veins; spadix 3.1 cm diam., matte, dark violet-purple, stipitate 1 cm long.
