Araceae
Anthurium curicuriariense Croat
SUMMARY
Terrestrial herb; stems repent, short, ca. 2.5-3 cm diam.; internodes less than 1 cm long, 4.5-5 cm diam.; cataphylls 8 cm long, persisting intact at upper nodes with fragments of intact epidermis, forming a loose reticulum. Petioles 88-120 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam. at base, 8-10 mm diam. midway, subterete, obtusely and shallowly sulcate near base, semiglossy, firm, inconspicuously short-pale-lineate; geniculum 3.5-4 cm long, slightly thicker than petiole, sometimes slightly closely-transverse fissured; sheath 3.5-4 cm long; blades 35.5-42(-85) cm long, 30.5-42(-75) cm wide, moderately coriaceous, broadly ovate, conspicuously cordate at base, broadly obtuse to broadly rounded at base with a weak down-turned apiculum, weakly glossy to semi-glossy and dark green above, moderately paler yellow-green and weakly glossy below (dries yellowish brown to grayish green, more yellow on lower surface); basal lobes broadly rounded, 11-16 cm long, about as broad as long, directed up at midrib at a 45° angle; sinus triangular to almost closed, 7-11 cm in depth; major veins bluntly raised on both surfaces; midrib bluntly triangular and slightly paler above, bluntly triangular, moderately paler and thicker below; primary lateral veins 4-5 per side, spreading at 40-45° angle, narrowly convex and slightly paler above, narrowly convex and moderately paler below; secondary lateral veins scalariform in distal portions below; tertiary veins weakly raised, but clearly visible below (drying somewhat raised), darker than surface; basal veins 3 pairs, all free to base; posterior rib lacking, sometimes the lowermost basal vein naked along margin for 2-3 cm; INFLORESCENCE erect spreading; peduncle 148-162 cm long, 7-8 cm diam. midway, terete, firm; spathe 11-13.7 cm long, spreading-recurved to reflexed, slightly twisted to coiled, 3 cm wide, green to yellow-green, subcoriaceous, weakly glossy inside, glossy outside, fused to peduncle at 40° angle; stipe 2.1 cm in front, 3 mm in back, green; spadix 9.7 cm long, 7 mm diam. at base, 5 mm diam. 1 cm from apex, yellow-green 7/7.5 (drying dark brown). Flowers 5-6 per spiral, 2.7 mm wide (2.0 mm wide on drying), 3.0 mm long (2.5 mm long on drying), sides parallel to spiral nearly straight, perpendicular to spiral, slightly smooth, sigmoid; stamen 0.8 mm long, lateral stamens open 4-5 spirals ahead of 3rd stamen; 3rd stamen opens 3-4 spirals ahead of 4th stamen; pollen white; tepals matte, drying brown. INFRUCTESCENCE with berries dark purple before maturity, dark purplish violet in apical half, white in lower half at maturity.