Anthurium furcatum Sodiro

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Los Ríos

• Locality

  9 km. E of (11 km by road from) Patricia Pilar (1 km to the E of Escuela Centinelas, a minute forst settlement cleared in 1969), 58 km. ENE of Quevedo, on Pan-Am Highway to Santo Domingo de Los Colorados.

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 - 400 m. (984 - 1312 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.6, -79.3

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Dec. in duplicate by
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CULTIVATED PLANTS of UW GREENHOUSE
Anthurium \r\
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ECUADOR, Prov. LOS RIOS; virgin fog,
moss-and-epiphyte enshrouded wet
tropical forest on steep, well-
drained slopes and ridges, with
butressed trees to 50-60 m., many
medium and small palms and Cyclanth-
aceae in understory. Cretaceous vol-
canic diabasic bedrock? Soil clayey?
9 km. E of (11 km by road from)
Patricia Pilar (1 km to the E of
Escuela Centinelas, a minute forest
settlement cleared in 1969), 58 km.
ENE of Quevedo, on Pan-Am HigTiway
to Santo Domingo de J.os Colorados.
0°36fS; 79°18’W.) at c. 300-400 m.?
Stem 5 cm. at base where begin-'
ning to rot and 7 cm. near top.
Climbing epiphyte high on trees.
Gigantic leaves, petioles 1-1.2 m.,
round in x-sect. Spa the light green,
spadix infl. + dark reddish maroon.
Stems 60 cm. Tong, spirally very knobbyf
The bases of leaves one on top of others.
8 lvs./plant.
Hugh H. Iltis & Michael G. Iltis No.
E-69. (With David Dodson & Shawn
Slep). 1 July 1977.
Collected from UW Birge Hall Green-
house 29 May 1981. Inflorescence
about 15 cm. long, maroon when fresh.
Sheet 1 of 9.
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