Anthurium affine Schott

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• Locality

  3 km north of Vila do Rio de Contas on road to Mato Grosso

• Elevation

  Alt. 980 m. (3215 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -13.55, -41.82

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
BRAZIL: ESTADO DA BAHIA
Serra do Rio de Contas
IWv 1982.
R.M. Harley. SJ. Mayo, R.M. Storr, T.S. Santos, &. R.S. Pinheiro.
in Harley No. MJ3
Field work sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April, 19??.
Anthuriuin cf. affine
3km north of Vila do Rio de Contas on road tc
Mato G-rosso. Cut over mixed woodland.
Alt. ca. 980::.. Approx. 41 °49rw, 13°33’S
This plant on rocks, often in shade of dense
mata de cipo.
Stem 4cm thick, densely covered with up to
8mm thick white roots* forming 2cm thick
'cortex1 around stem. Petiole to 22i-cm long,
1,6cm deep,
x-section;
x-section of larger spm:	_
Lamina with undulate margin but not markedly
or regularly so, texture less coriaceous than
in Harley 18594, 16000, obovate to elliptical,
to at least 85cm long, 30cs across, base
rounded to acute or lonely narrowing, dull
green above, paler and gleaming below.
Nervationabove same colour as la~ina, below
slightly paler than lamina, never yellowish.
Peduncle to 56cm long, 1 cm thick, green.
Stipe very dark timid green, usually about
2mm long (measured dorsally) but up to 15mm
long, and' then swelling upwards. Spadix
cylindrical, post-anthesis tepais grjy, suadix
to 9cm long, 1 *5cm thick or more, opathe".
green, strongly clasping, cordate at base in
some spms, reflexed, to 9cm long, 4.8cm*wide.
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