Anthurium longistrorsum Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium longistrorsum, Croat93572--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 057.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
longistrorsum
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#73,588 of 335,497
Top 22%
Extinction probability
10%
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.
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.
