- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
Anthurium roraimense N.E.Br. ex Oliv.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Venezuela to Guyana.
Descriptions
According to CATE Araceae
[CATE]CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- Distribution
- British Guiana. Roraima.
- General Description
- Stem climbing, thick, internodes 4 cm long, 2.5 cm thick. Cataphylls rigid, persistent, up to 20 cm long or more. LEAVES: Petiole longer than blade, sheath 6 - 7 cm long, with geniculum 1.5 cm long and 1 cm thick. Leaf blade cordate, ca. 50 cm long, 30 cm wide, anterior lobe with a 2 cm long acumen, posterior lobes semi-ovate, three times shorter than anterior lobe. Separated by a campaniform sinus, gradually running into the anterior lobe by a curved outline, basal primary lateral veins 6 on each side, three retrorse and strongly curved and one patent and then turning upwards and running into the margin, one slightly curved and ascending, and the other nearly straight and joining with the midrib primary lateral veins into a collective vein ca. 4 mm distant from the margin. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle elongate, 1 cm thick. Spathe oblong-lanceolate, with an acumen 2 cm long, 15 cm long, 4 cm wide basally. Spadix with a stipe 2 cm long and 1 cm thick, 11 cm long, 1.5 cm thick basally.
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Distribution
Other Data
Anthurium roraimense N.E.Br. ex Oliv. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (2 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Thurn, E.F. [264], Guyana | K000434152 | Unknown type material | ||
Thurn, E.F. [264], Guyana | K000434153 | Unknown type material |
Bibliography
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 286 (1887)
Accepted by
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- 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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