Philodendron heleniae subsp. amazonense Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Morona Santiago

• Locality

  Along road between Palora and Yushin, departing main Palora-San Vincente de Tarqui Road, 8.7 Km NW of Palora, 3.4 Km S of Rio Amundalo, 2.1 Km E on road to Yushin

• Elevation

  Alt. 922 m. (3025 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.6961, -78.0225

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Morona—Santiago
Along road between Palora and Yushin,
departing main Palora-San Vincente de
Tarqui Road, 8.7 Km NW of Palora, 3.4
Km S of Rio Amundalo, 2.1 Km E on
road to Yushin.
01°<+l'*f6"S 078°01 1 21 MW	922 m
Hemiepiphytic vine, sometimes hanging
from trees; internodes dark green,
matte, becoming gray, finally
yellow-brown, acutely flattened on one
side; cataphylls sharply 2-ribbed,
green, weakly glossy; petioles acutely
flattened on one side, medium green,
densely dark-1ineate; blades
subcoriaceous, dark green and
semiglossy above, much paler and matte
below; midrib flat and slightly paler
above, bluntly angular and slightly
darker below; primary lateral veins
obscure above, weakly visible,
scarcely raised and darker below;
minor veins obscure; inf1orescences
2-5 per axil; peduncle medium green,
clearly demarcated; spathe reddish on
tube, whitish on blade outside,
whitish throughout inside; female
spadix greenish.
25 August 2002
Thomas B. Croat & Lynn Hannon 86966
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
03106812