Anthurium gualeanum Engl. belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
gualeanum
Authorship
Engl.
8/11/2004
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
Notes
Terrestrial on steep slopes; internodes short, 6 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers pale brown, persisting in dense mass; petioles terete, obtusely and shallowly sulcate, medium green, semiglossy, 2.3 cm diam. midway; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and slightly paler above, thick and narrowly round-raised, paler below; primary lateral veins bluntly acute and paler below, slightly acute and paler below; tertiary veins in part raised below; inflorescence spreading; spathe purplish violet, semiglossy outside, glossy inside, ca. 5 cm diam. in bud to 15 cm diam. at anthesis; spadix dark violet-purple, matte, 3.5-4.2 cm diam.; infructescence red-brown, matte, to 10 cm diam.