Anthurium microspadix, Croat94430--Ecuador. Prov. Pichinca. Res. Guaycuyacu. 11 Feb 05. 191.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte; stems medium green, semiglossy, 4 mm diam.; petioles sharply flattened adaxially, weakly glossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, bluntly angular and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading-reflexed; spadix pale green, matte, 4 mm diam.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte; stems medium green, semiglossy, 4 mm diam.; petioles sharply flattened adaxially, weakly glossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, bluntly angular and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading-reflexed; spadix pale green, matte, 4 mm diam.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial or epiphytic; internodes 5-8 mm diam., 1-2(3) cm long, medium green, weakly glossy; cataphylls persisting semi-intact; petiole medium green weakly glossy, narrowly sulcate; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and concolorous above, narrowly raised and darker below; inflorescence erect-spreading; peduncle 1.5 mm diam.; spathe spreading, green, 1.2 cm wide; spadix medium dark green, matte, 5 mm diam.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios, Babahoyo (El Pangui Canton)
-3.566389, -78.441389
Location Remarks
Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Xavier Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Terrestrial less than 1 m tall; internodes short or to 4 cm long, 3-5 mm diam., gray, semiglossy; petioles 1 mm diam., sulcate; blades dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and concolorous below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised below; tertiary veins in part raised below; spathe green, spreading; spadix stipitate 4 mm, green in early fruit.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
microspadix
Authorship
Schott
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 12.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#33,949 of 335,497
Top 11%
Extinction probability
11%
