Anthurium longicuspidatum Engl. belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium longecuspidatum, Croat94384--Ecuador. Res. Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 098.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
longicuspidatum
Authorship
Engl.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.7
Global rank
#19,963 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
24%
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
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; internodes short, 3 cm diam.; petioles 37-55 cm long, 4 mm diam., heavily tinged purple, semiglossy, flattened and narrowly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above, narrowly round-raised and paler, sharply ridged below; primary lateral veins quilted-sunken and concolorous above, acutely pleated-raised below; tertiary veins in part raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe spreading, 7 cm long, 2.7 cm diam., medium yellow-green, glossier outside, sometimes becoming heavily tinged violet-purple; spadix dark olive-green, glossy; pistils dark violet-purple; mature berries pale yellow-green, tinged violet-purple at apex.
