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
Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)
-4.456389, -74.078333
Location Remarks
Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Epífito; espata verde, espádice rosado-amarillento.
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
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose, Dota (Dota Canton, Copey)
9.486667, -83.956806
Location Remarks
R.F. Los Santos. Cuenca del Savegre. Vecindario de San Isidro de Dota. Albergue Tinamú. 820 m elev.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Isabel Perez-Hammel, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Epífita, a pie del tronco de árbol pequeño. Hojas y espádices colgantes. Catafila inferior fibrosa.
Location
Ecuador, Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo Canton)
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, Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo Canton)
1.078611, -78.666667
Location Remarks
Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)
10.136111, -83.971944
Location Remarks
Puntar Los Charcos de Osa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Hierba epífita, espádice marrón-anaranjado, espata verde.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Paucartambo (Manu District)
-12.876389, -71.408889
Location Remarks
Distrito Kosñipata. Quebrada Piñi Piñi. Bosque secundario en una trocha de extracción de madera.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Jim Farfán Vargas, Efraín Suclli, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Epífito; hojas grandes, panduradas; espadice morado.
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, 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 (Nangaritza Canton)
-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
Tom B. Croat, 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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Authorship
Schott