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Catalog #: 234320

Occurrence ID: 79f21251-367a-4315-841e-92e018eea35d

Collector: Thomas Bernard Croat

Number: 104406

Date: 2012-10-16

Verbatim Date: 16 October 2012

Additional Collectors: Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, David Scherberich, Claudia L. Henríquez R. & Elisa Levy

Locality: Ecuador, Carchi, Mira, Parroquia Gualchan; along road from El Chical and Gualchan, eastern slopes of divide between El Chical and Gualchan; 19 km S of bridge over río Gualpi.

0.8339  -78.2201  WGS84

Verbatim Coordinates: 00°50'02"N 078°13'13"W

Elevation: 1929 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1929 m

Description: Terrestrial on steep bank; cataphylls 20-38 cm long, persisting as brownish fibers and large patches of dark brown epidermis; interior of stem and petioles bright pinkish red; petioles 72-106 cm long, 1.3 cm diam., medium green and weakly glossy, sharply and broadly V-sulcate adaxially with 5 prominent ribs on each side, the abaxial surface unribbed near the apex but with increasingly more ribs developing towards the 18-21 ribs present, ribbed circumferentially; blades 65-66 cm long, 45.2 - 54.3 cm wide; anterior lobes 47.5 - 51.6 cm long; posterior lobes 22.3 - 25 cm long, 17.8 - 18 cm wide, blades with a prominent overlapping fold directed inward from the posterior lobe; midrib acute and paler above, narrowly round-raised and pale below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised and paler above, and below; tertiary veins weakly raised in part below; collective veins arising from 7th or 8th pair of basal veins; inflorescences erect; peduncle 42 cm long, 7 mm diam., medium green, weakly glossy; spathe reflexed-spreading, 19 cm long, 4.5 cm wide, medium green, weakly glossy inside, glossy and tinged purplish outside; spadix 23 cm long, 1.2 cm diam., pale green and matte.

Individual Count: 1

Record ID: 79f21251-367a-4315-841e-92e018eea35d

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Diana Fernández, Curator (diana.fernandez@biodiversidad.gob.ec)