Philodendron attenuatum Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Zamora Chinchipe

• Locality

  Along road to Romerillao Alto from Zamora, 19.1 km E of Rio Bombuscaro in Zamora, 6.3 km E of La Pituca.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1203 m. (3947 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.1678, -78.9361

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ECUADOR
ARACEAE
PhiJodendron attenuatum Croat
Zamora-Ch i nch i pe
Along road to Romerillao Alto from
Zamora, 19.1 km E of Rio Bombuscaro in
Zamora, 6.3 km E of La Pituca.
04°10104"S 078°56110MW	1203 m
On rock; internodes 2.5 cm diam., medium
green, weakly glossy; cataphylls fleshy,
medium green, marcescent, then
deciduous; petioles subterete, medium
green, moderately spongy, dark
green-1ineate; blades subcoriaceous,
dark green and weakly glossy above,
paler and moderately glossy below;
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midrib broadly flattened convex and
concolorous above, narrowly rounded and
paler below; primary lateral veins
quilted-sunken and concolorous above,
narrowly rounded and slightly paler
below; minor veins fine, moderately
distinct; inflorescence one per axil;
spathe medium green outside, red-purple
inside tube; spadix protruding forward
out of spathe; male spadix old, brown;
female spadix medium green, 1.5 cm
diam., 7-8.5 cm long.
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