Anthurium alluriquinense, Croat 96286--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. La Union-Chiriboga-Quito. 22 Mar 06. 064 (9).jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence 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
Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes short, 3.5 cm diam.; petioles terete, sharply square-sunken, medium green, weakly glossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and slightly paler above, round-raised with acute marginal ribs on sides, paler below; primary lateral veins sunken and concolorous above; tertiary veins in part sunken above, raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale green, reflexed; spadix dark violet-purple.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
alluriquinense
Authorship
Croat
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#97,397 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
10%
