Philodendron attenuatum Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Philodendron attenuatum, Croat98778--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 332.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
attenuatum
Authorship
Croat
9/16/2007
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
Epiphyte; cataphylls unribbed, medium-green, finely speckled, deciduous; internodes 2-4 cm long, 2.0-2.5 cm diam, 1-1.2 cm diam., medium-green soon gray-brown; petioles terete, spongy, densely short, dark-lineate, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and bicolorous; midrib flattened-convex and concolorous above, broadly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely quilted, thickly convex and paler below; minor veins fine, moderately distinct; inflorescences 1-3 per axil; spathe green tinged violet-purple on tube outside, dark violet-purple on tube inside.
