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Catalog #: 234321

Occurrence ID: 9ce95eb8-8d70-4510-878c-2a69442acd16

Collector: Thomas Bernard Croat

Number: 104407

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: On rocks; internodes 5-8 cm long, 3-4.5 cm wide, medium green to dark green, matte, bluntly 1-ribbed one side; cataphylls sharply D-shaped in raised margins, dark violet-purple, short-pale-lineate semiglossy, 26-32 cm long, persisting intact at upper nodes, eventually pale loose fibrous; petioles 61-79 cm long, 1-1.2 cm diam., dark violet-purple matte, short pale lineate; blades 56.5 -59.5 cm long, 30-32.5 cm diam., subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and moderately paler above, narrowly rounded and maroon below; primary lateral veins sunken and sometimes paler above, narrowly rounded and violet-purple in area near midrib below; minor veins fine, weakly distinct below; inflorescences 1 per axil; peduncle 9 cm long, pale green, becoming dark purple-violet in distil 3 cm, short-pale lineate, more densely so near apex, 16-16.5 cm long, weakly glossy outside, dark purple on tube, reddish on blade, minutely short pale-lineate, 17 cm long, 2.8 cm diam., inner surface dark maroon and glossy inside, reddish on blade post-anthesis; spadix 13.5 cm long; female part 4 cm long in front, 2.2 cm long in rear, 1.7 cm diam. midway, 1.5 cm diam. at apex, constricted part 1-2 cm diam.; sterile female part 1.5 cm long, 1.5 cm diam.

Individual Count: 1

Record ID: 9ce95eb8-8d70-4510-878c-2a69442acd16

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