Anthurium apaporanum R.E.Schult. belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium apaporanum, Croat93618--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 04. 051.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
apaporanum
Authorship
R.E.Schult.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.3
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
#74,229 of 335,497
Top 23%
Extinction probability
11%
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 short, 1.3-1.7 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers red-brown; petioles terete, weakly and narrowly sulcate, stiff medium green to purple, semiglossy to weakly glossy; geniculum sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above, acute and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins weakly sunken and concolorous above, weakly pleated-raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale green, spreading; spadix whitish cream, semiglossy, eventually light green, in fruit, dark green; pistils acute, weakly emergent.
