Anthurium brachypodium cf, Croat93620--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Rd to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 068.jpg
Native to 39 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Florida (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 21 occurrences across 5 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes gray-green, 3 mm diam., matte; cataphylls deciduous; petioles less than 2 mm diam., medium green, semiglossy, sharply sulcate; blades thin, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and matte below; midrib and major veins sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe green, spreading; spadix medium green, semiglossy, 4 mm diam.; pollen white.
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, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short, 2-4 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers red-brown, persisting in dense network; petioles terete, narrowly sulcate adaxially, tinged purplish toward apex; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, acute and slightly paler above; tertiary veins in part prominently sunken and concolorous above, raised and concolorous below; inflorescence spreading; spathe green, hooding spadix; spadix 2.8 cm diam., dark violet-purple, matte; pistils weakly emerging, green to purple.
Location
Costa Rica
10.136111, -83.971944
Location Remarks
Puntar Los Charcos de Osa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Esmeraldas
1.078611, -78.666667
Location Remarks
Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe
-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, 4.7 cm diam.; cataphylls reddish, weakly hook-shaped, persisting, dark brown; petioles acutely angled adaxially, rounded abaxially, 7-ribbed circumferentually, medium green, semiglossy, yellow-green; blades moderately coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and glossy below; midrib acute and slightly paler above, convex and 3-ribbed abaxially, sharply paler; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded, concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; tertiary veins mostly flattened, darker below; inflorescences erect or spreading; peduncle 15-18 cm long, 9 mm diam., medium yellow-green, matte; spathe 50 cm long, 4.5 cm wide, pale green, semiglossy, weakly tinged violet-purple below; spadix sessile, 13.5 cm long, 1.2 cm diam., greenish yellow, 1.2 cm diam., matte, pistils emergent; unopened spadix pale green.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Terrestrial on trail bank; internodes short, 2.5 cm diam.; cataphylls 30 cm long, medium green, semiglossy, persisting intact briefly, then rotting, only the bases persisting; petioles terete 9 mm diam., dark green, weakly glossy; geniculum 5.5 cm long, slightly thick; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, slightly paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and slightly paler above, bluntly angular and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded and concolorous above, bluntly angular and slightly paler below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, moderately glossy erect-recurled with the base wrapped around spadix; spadix greenish white ca. 20 cm long, 1 cm diam. midway, weakly glossy.
Location
Mexico, Oaxaca (Jardin Etnobotanico)
Location Remarks
City of Oaxaca
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Bautista Saavedra
-15.181944, -68.950278
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Madidi. Charazani-Camata, Bosque montano superior pluviestacional con Clethra cuneata, Hediosmum racemosum, Weinmania sp. Plantas secadas en campo.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Authorship
Schott
