Anthurium gualeanum, Croat93239--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Old hwy Quito to Sto. Domingo. 12 Aug 04. 102.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
gualeanum
Authorship
Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.0
Global rank
#14,989 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
24%
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.
