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.
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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; 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.
