Philodendron attenuatum Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Napo

• County/Municipio

  Archidona (Canton)

• Locality

  Vicinity of Archidona, along road to San Pablo, 1.8 km E from main plaza in Archidona.

• Elevation

  Alt. 945 m. (3100 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.95, -77.82

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ECUADOR
ARACEAE	[23]
Phi Jodendron attenuatum Croat
det. T. Croat 2004
Napo
Vicinity of Archidona, along road to San
Pablo, 1.8 Km E from main plaza in
Archidona.
00°57,S 077°49'W	945 m
Hemiepiphyte; internodes 4-4.5 cm long,
1.3-5.0 cm diam., medium green,
semiglossy, soon gray-green, finally
brownish; cataphylls soft, light green,
unribbed, 30-31 cm long, deciduous;
petioles terete, moderately spongy,
semiglossy, obtusely flattened toward
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apex, medium green, conspicuous, dark
green short-1ineate with dark green ring
at apex; blades subcoriaceous,
semiglossy, moderately bicolorous;
midrib broadly f1attened-convex and
scarcely paler above, narrowly rounded
and scarcely paler below; primary
lateral veins obtusely quilted-sunken
and concolorous above, convex and
concolorous below; minor veins
moderately distinct; inflorescences 1-5
per axil; peduncle medium green,
semiglossy, 17 cm long, 11 mm diam.,
cleary demarcated from spathe; spathe
yellow-green, semiglossy, tinged
purplish at base outside, medium green
and glossy inside blade, dark
violet-purple in tube with dark purple
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streaks extending into blade.
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