- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
Anthurium subcoerulescens Engl.
- Genus: Anthurium Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Ecuador.
Descriptions
According to CATE Araceae
[CATE]CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- General Description
- Stems [caudiculi] scandent, 1m or longer, internodes 8 - 12 cm long. Cataphylls long, enveloping the internodes. LEAVES: Petiole equal or longer than the blade, ca. 40 - 75 cm long, narrowly canaliculate above. Blade chartaceous, bluish-green, hastate, 30 - 70 cm long in total, 25 - 40 cm wide in the lower part, posterior lobes ca. three times shorter than anterior lobe, 12 - 20 cm long, 10 - 18 cm ("1 - 1.8 cm") wide, oblong, obtuse, separated by a large, semi-ovate sinus, diverging from one another, separated from the anterior lobe by an introrsely arcuate line, anterior lobe acuminate, 25 - 55 cm long, 15 - 30 cm wide; primary lateral veins 6 - 10 mm apart, very strongly differentiated, the numerous midrib veins and several of the basal veins and veins of the posterior lobes joined into a collective vein 2 mm distant from the margin, primary veins of the posterior lobes joined into patent, 2 - 4 cm long basal ribs long-denuded in the sinus. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 2 - 2.5 cm long. Spathe linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 13 cm long, 1 cm wide. Spadix up to 15 cm long, 4 mm thick, myosuroid [mouse tail-like]. Tepals scarcely 1.5 mm long and wide, green. Pistil 1.5 mm long. Ovary oblong ovoid, subconoid.
- Conservation
- Vulnerable (VU) Criteria: B1ab(iii)
- Distribution
- Ecuador. Near El Yarumal, western slopes of Cuenca, Nanegal, and near San Domingo.
- Habitat
- Climbing in dense rainforest.
- Phenology
- September (flowering).
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Other Data
Anthurium subcoerulescens Engl. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (1 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Lehmann, F.C. [7752], Ecuador | K000434444 | Unknown type material |
Bibliography
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 391 (1898)
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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