Anthurium piurensis Croat & Lingán

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Loja

• Locality

  Along road between Loja and San Lucas, 32.4 Km N of terminal terrestre in Loja, 6.4 Km N of Las Juntas, along Rio Marañon.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1981 m. (6499 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.9875, -79.1578

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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ECUADOR	I if 2~
ARACEAE
Anthuriurn piurensis Croat & Lingan
det. Tom Croat, 2005
Loja
Along road between Loja and San Lucas,
32.4 Km N of terminal terrestre in
Loja, 6.4 Km N of Las Juntas, along
Rio Maranon.
03°59115"S 079°09,28"W	1981 m
Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes
short, 4.5-6 cm diam.; cataphylls
persisting semi-intact at apex,
red-brown, fibrous in part; petioles
11-12 mm diam. midway, medium to
dark-green, semiglossy, densely short
pale lineate; blades subcoriaceous
Thomas B. Croat & Marck Menke 89983
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dark green and semiglossy above, paler
and weakly glossy below; midrib
narrowly rounded and faintly reddish
above, narrowly rounded and moderately
paler below, faintly reddish when
young; primary lateral veins narrowly
rounded and paler in valleys above,
bluntly acute and paler below (reddish
when young); tertiary veins in part
sunken and concolorous above, raised
and darker below; inflorescence
erect-spreading; peduncles 6-9 mm
diam.; spathe subcoriaceous, medium
green, heavily tinged with red-purple
on inner surface, semiglossy outside,
weakly glossy inside; spadix reddish,
matte, 1.4-1.6 cm diam. at anthesis,
to 2.2 cm diam. in early fruit.
1 June 2003
Thomas B. Croat & Marck Menke 89983
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
03152141