Anthurium aristatum Sodiro belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium aristatum, Croat 95962--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 349 (7).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
aristatum
Authorship
Sodiro
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#62,001 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
12%
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
Epiphyte; stem to greater than 1 m long; internodes elongate, dark green, semiglossy; petioles bluntly sulcate, dark green, weakly glossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, moderately paler and round-raised below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, pleated raised and concolorous below; infructescence erect-spreading; spathe green, spreading; spadix dark violet-purple, matte; berries orange-red.
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; stems to 2 m long, dark green and semiglossy soon reddish brown; cataphylls medium green; persisting (midrib purplish); petiole sharply and broadly sulcate, medium green, semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below, midrib narrowly rounded and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and concolorous above, narrowly convex and concolorous below; spadix maroon in fruit; berries orange-red.
