Anthurium nigrescens Engl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Carchi

• County/Municipio

  Tulcán (Canton)

• Locality

  Parroquia Maldonado; along road to Maldonado and Tulcan, along road to Chilma Bajo, 6 km N of turnoff to Chilma Bajo

• Elevation

  Alt. 2148 m. (7047 ft.)

• Coordinates

  0.8589, -78.0447

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ECUADOR
ARACEAE
Anthurium nigrescens Engl.
CJ\
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[23]
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Carchi: Tulcán Cantón
Parroquia Maldonado; along road to
Maldonado and Tul can, along road to
Chilma Bajo, 6 km N of turnoff to Chilma
Bajo.
00°51132"N 078°02,41“W	2148 m
Hemiepiphytic; internodes elongate,
5-6.5 cm long, 2 cm diam., dark green
and weakly glossy; cataphylls 19 cm
long, marcescent, turning brownish and
persisting semi-intact; petioles terete,
medium green and semiglossy, 44 cm long,
medium green, weakly glossy; blades
subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately
bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and
paler above and below; primary lateral
veins narrowly raised and paler above,
bluntly acute and paler below; tertiary
veins moderately obscure; collective
veins arising from the primary lateral
veins; inflorescences pendent; peduncle
40 cm long, 6 mm diam.; spadix
essentially sessile, 32-36 cm long,
1.7-2.4 cm diam.; tepals brownish;
pistils green, weakly protruding.
20 October 2012
Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, David
Scherberich & Elisa Levy 104543
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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