Anthurium alluriquinense Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
alluriquinense
Authorship
Croat
3/22/2006
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 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.