Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama)
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Ortiz, Orlando Oriel
Author
de Stapf, María Sánchez
Author
Baldini, Riccardo Maria
Author
Croat, Thomas Bernard
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.4.651
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10.15560/15.4.651
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Anthurium clavigerum
Poepp. & Endl.
Material examined.
Parque Nacional
Darién
, Cerro Pirre, Rancho Frío;
08°01′16″N
,
077°44′04″W
;
103 m
;
13 Apr. 2016
;
O
.
O
. Ortiz 2548
(
PMA
).
Identification.
This species is notable by having large pedatisect leaves, with sinuate margins and for its huge pendant inflorescence. This
Anthurium
has the largest leaves in comparison with the rest of the Central American species (
Croat 1983
). They can be confused with sympatric
A. pentaphyllum
var.
bombacifolium
(Schott) Madison
and
A. kunthii
Poepp.
, but both differ by having slender stems, smaller leaves with entire or subauriculate lobes (never markedly sinuate).
Distribution and ecology.
Belize
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Guyana
, French Guiana,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
Peru
, and
Venezuela
.
Anthurium clavigerum
represents a species of wide distribution. On Cerro Pirre, it grows along the lowland semideciduous forest and in mid-elevation evergreen forests, between 90 and
800 m
.
It is very common to observe adult individuals on trees associated with the banks of rivers and streams.