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Anthurium umbricola Engl.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25(3): 407. 1898 [19 Jul 1898]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
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Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Croat, T 93407

August 16, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Cotopaxi (La Maná Canton)

-0.868889, -79.159167

Location Remarks

Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes to 1 cm long, medium green, semiglossy; cataphylls persisting more or less intact, reddish brown; petioles medium green, semiglossy, deeply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green, matte above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib narrowly raised and slightly paler above, acute and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and concolorous below; collective veins equal to primary lateral veins; spathe medium green, spreading; fruits violet, 3-5 mm diam., subglobose, more or less truncate at apex

Croat, T 94399

February 14, 2005

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; common; less than 50 cm tall; internodes short, 1.5 cm diam.; cataphylls 6 cm long, soon only brown fibers; petioles 10-12 cm long, 6 mm thick, 4 mm wide, medium green, weakly glossy, sharply and rather deeply sulcate adaxially, acutely 1-ribbed abaxially; geniculum 1 cm long, slightly darker; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, much paler and weakly glossy below, 27 x 14 cm, midrib narrowly raised and pler above, thick, acute and paler below; primary lateral veins quilted and etched, concolorous above, darker and narrowly raised below; spathe green, spreading; spadix faintly yellow.

Croat, T 93385

August 14, 2004

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; internodes to 5 cm long, 1.5 cm diam., medium green, semiglossy; cataphylls marcescent, bases of fibers persisting; petioles narrowly and deeply sulcate, medium green and semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, bluntly acute and slightly darker below; primary lateral veins quilted-sunken and concolorous above; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

umbricola

Authorship

Engl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#142,860 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →