Araceae
Anthurium peltatum Poepp.
SUMMARY
Terrestrial; roots reddish brown to grayish, 1-2 per node, descending; stem 26-100 cm long, terete; internodes short, 0.3-0.7 cm long, up to 5 cm diam.; cataphylls 4.1-16.3 cm long, bluntly 1-ribbed, lanceolate, acute to obtuse at apex, pale green to dark brown, deciduous or persisting semi-intact then deciduous, coriaceous. LEAVES erect; petioles 35.9-98.6 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm wide, terete to obtusely sulcate .adaxialIy, green, sometimes reddish; sheath approximately 5 cm long; geniculum 0.9-2.5 cm long; blades coriaceous to subcoriaceous, 27.5-66 cm long, (26-)30.4-49.6 cm wide, wider immediately below the middle, ovate, generally peltate, shortly acuminate to apex, obtuse to deeply cordate to base, dark green, semiglossy above, much paler and weakly glossy below; midrib slightly paler and narrowly convex above the base, bluntly acute toward apex,. narrowly convex and paler below; posterior lobes oblong, convergent, 6-21.5 cm long, generally fused; sinus absent to narrowly spathulate;primary lateral veins (4-)6-8(-10) per side, convex in both surfaces, departing at 40-50° from the midrib, slightly recurved; basal veins 5-7 pairs, narrow raised and concolorous above, weakly raised in part below, the 1st, 2nd and sometimes 3rd free to base, the (3rd) 4th-6th(-7th) coalesced;posterior rib 0.5-5 cm long, straight, sometimes strongly retrorse ; collective veins restricted to apical third, arising from the first basal veins or 2nd-3rd primary lateral veins, 1-9 mm to margin. INFLORESCENCE erect; peduncle (29.3-)32-61.5 cm long, 0.3-1.2 cm diam., 0.6-0.9 times as long as the petiole; spathe subcoriaceous, green, persisting, spreading, 9.5-21.7 long, 1.0-3.9 em wide; lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, acute to base; spadix tapered, 11-19.9 cm long, 0.3-1 em near to base, (0.2-)0.4 cm wide near to apex, greenish purple to coppery brown; stipe 0.2-2.6 cm long in front, 0.2-0.5 cm in back; flowers 4-lobed, sigmoid sides, 2.6-2.8 x 2.5-2.7 mm, 5-9 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 4-11 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals glossy, yellow to yellowish brown, the lateral 3-sided, the inner margins convex, the anterior and posterior 3-5-sided, the inner margins straight; pistils ca. 1.5 mm long; stigmas rounded; stamens 2 mm long, exerted at anthesis; filaments flattened; anthers surrounding the stigma at anthesis; thecae slightly divaricate. INFRUCTESCENCE erect; spadix greenish; berries spherical with protruding stigma.