- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
Anthurium orientale Sodiro
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is Ecuador.
Descriptions
According to CATE Araceae
[CATE]CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- General Description
- Stem erect or short-scandent; internodes 3-6 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam.; cataphylls coriaceous, rusty, lanceolate, 1.5-2 dm [15 - 20 cm] long, persisting for a long time. LEAVES: Petiole longer than blades, 4-5 dm [40 - 50 cm] long, unisulcate adaxially; blades subcartilaginous, shiny, somewhat concolorous, oval, twice as long as wide, 3.5-4 dm [35 - 40 cm] long, 1.5-2 dm [15 - 20 cm] wide, deeply cordate; posterior lobes 1/3 as long as anterior lobe, convergent; sinus obtuse, nearly semicircular; anterior lobe cuspidate; primary lateral veins of the posterior lobes 6, joined into posterior ribs briefly naked in the sinus; the innermost together with interlobar and 9-10 pairs of primary lateral veins, spreading at about a 45 degree angle, joined into a collective vein 4-6 mm from the margin. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle equalling or overtopping petiole; spathe cartilaginous, erect, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1.2 dm [10 - 12cm] long, 1.5-2 cm wide, acuminate, 2-3 times longer than spadix; spadix 1.5-1.8 dm [15- 18 cm] long, 7-8 mm diam., flexible, cylindrical, coppery-green, stipitate 10-12 mm; tepals shorter than wide [wider than long?); ovary subglobose, contracted into a slightly thick style at the apex.
- Distribution
- Ecuador. Napo: Subandine forests of the East Cordillera between Papallacta and Cuyujua.
- Conservation
- Data Deficient (DD)
Distribution
Other Data
Anthurium orientale Sodiro appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 16: 435 (1903)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Sources
CATE Araceae
Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0