Anthurium rodrigueziae Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Esmeraldas

• Locality

  Along road to Río Tulubí from main San Lorenzo-Lita hwy., 33 km E of Gasolinera San Lorenzo at edge of San Lorenzo, along Río San José, 1.1 km N of main hwy

• Elevation

  Alt. 59 m. (194 ft.)

• Coordinates

  1.0789, -78.6497

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

SA
3%
NEW YORK SOTANICAL GARDEN
04266464........
ECUADOR
ARACEAE
Anthurium rodrigueziae Croat
det. Thomas B. Croat (MO), 2019
Esmeraldas
Along road to Río Tul ubi from main San
Lorenzo-Lita hwy., 33.0 Km E of
Gasolinera San Lorenzo at edge of San
Lorenzo, along Rio San José, 1.1 Km N of
main hwy.
01°04144"N 078°38159"W	59 m
Epiphyte; internodes short, 1-2 cm
diam.; cataphylls 2-4 cm long persisting
semi-intact at upper node, dark brown
then difficult to discern; root mass
dense; petioles short, sharply C-shaped,
moderately glossy, medium to pale green,
12 July 2000
Thomas B. Croat & et al. 83911
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
Page 2
flattened adaxially with erect margins;
blades moderately coriaceous, medium to
dark green and semiglossy above,
slightly paler and semiglossy below;
midrib slightly paler, broadly convex at
base, narrowly convex toward apex above,
acute and slightly paler below,
sometimes undulate; primary lateral
veins weakly sunken above, weakly raised
below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale
green, sometimes tinged with red; spadix
initially pale green and semiglossy,
becoming yellowish brown; tepals
orangish in fruit; berries orange, 2.5-3
mm diam., obovoid.
04266464