Anthurium longistrorsum Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
longistrorsum
Authorship
Croat
8/17/2004
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 to 1.2 m tall; internodes short, 3.5 cm diam.; cataphylls persisting intact then marcescent; petioles terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, weakly bicolorous; spathe erect, green and glossy outside, much paler and weakly glossy inside; spadix glossy, brownish cream, glossy, 1.8 cm, becoming dark violet-purple in fruit.
9/17/2007
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
Notes
Terrestrial; stem to ca. 1 m; internodes 3-4 cm long, 3.5 cm diam.; cataphylls marcescent; petioles terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy, somewhat bicolorous; major veins narrowly rounded and paler above, bluntly acute and paler below; tertiary veins in part raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green outside, white inside; spadix white tinged lavender or creamy white with greenish tip.