Anthurium affine Schott

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• Locality

  5 km South of Andaraí on road to Mucugé, by bridge over the Rio Paraguaçú

• Elevation

  Alt. 400 m. (1312 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -12.83, -41.32

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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R.M. Harley, SJ. Mayo. R.M. Storr, T.S. Santos, &. R.S. Pinheiro.
in Harley No. /S5"94
Field work sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciincias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau. Itabuna. Bahia, January-April, 19??.
affiné
5km South of Andarai on road to Mucuge, by
bridge over the Rio Paraguaçu, Very rocky
hillside, with sandstone rocks, and rocky
river with scrubby vegetation of small trees
and shrubs,
.Alt. ca, 400m 41 19**7, 12 50*S
This plant common, growing on exposed rock
outcrops, stems rooting into crevices.
Stems very short, to 4cm or more thick,
tufted, densely covered in pale green roots
with white to white-green velamen. Roots
to 5nun thick, forming a complete closed
covering around stem to 2cm thick or more#
Petiole green, to 22cn long, 1,6cm deep,
cross-section widely variable:
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Petiolar sheath short with narrowing
margins apically. Leaf lamina with very
strongly and regularly undulate margins,
undulations extending down to costa and
bringing 2 halves_of JLamina into subparallel
position,
diagram:
Lamina dark matt green above, paler below,
obovate,- 48 to 72cm long, 14 to 29cm wide,
costa and primary lateral nerves very
strongly prominent above and below,
Apical TS costa:
Basal TS costa:
'G-eniculum yellow-green, swollen on dorsal
side, same cross-section as petiole.
Peduncle 22-46cm long, 0,65-1.5cm thick,
green, or green with purple apex, terete or
with single angle along one side. Spathe
outside green with purplish tingeing down
centre and at margins, inside green or with
purple margins or purple, 5#8-10cm long,
3.6-7.6cm	broad, broadly oblong-ovate with
rounded base and acuminate apex, broadly
clasping at base^apex reflexing and rolling
up beneath, in long-stiped spms spathe base
folded sharply down, not cupped around stipe
base. Stipe swelling upwards, 1-6,2cm long,
0,65-1,8cm thick, pale green to purple,
Spathe decurrency 0,7-2,5cm long, Spadix
apex obtuse, spadix from slightly apically
tapering to cylindrical to clavate, at
anthesis giving off sweet, fruity, almost
pineapple and slightly fermented smell,
5.7-17cm	long, 1-2,3cm thick, tepals green
before stigmas receptive, yellow at stigma-
receptive stage and anthesis, khaki after
anthesis. Old stamens rusty brown, pollen
cream. Sterile fruit .oblanceolate,
quadrangular in cross-section, apex acute,
ultimately truncate, exserted part rich
purply-maroon, remainder paler, 1 .6cm long,
3ram thick at level of tepal surface.
Fertile fruit red, shiny, oblong-eiliptioai,
sub quadrangular in cross-section, 4nim wide
7mm long. Seed oblanceolate, 5mm long. 2mm
thick, pale khaki.
12,2,77	R M Harley 18594
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