@article {3502, title = {Notes on the Distribution, Ecology and Cultivation of the Anthurium dressleri Croat Complex (Araceae)}, journal = {Aroideana; Journal of the International Aroid Society}, volume = {33}, year = {2010}, pages = {177}, chapter = {168}, abstract = {

Anthurium dressleri Croat and A. kunayalense Croat \& Vannini are showy, terrestrial, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest (\"rainforest\") -dependent aroid species currently known to have a limited distribution on Panama\&$\#$39;s central Caribbean versant and the northern Colombian Choco. While primarily restricted to very shaded sites located in primary or lightly-disturbed lowland ecosystems in this region, they also range into premontane forests to near 1,000 m elevation and, in some rare cases, also persist in somewhat degraded forests. Prized by many tropical ornamental plant collectors, in the past A. dressleri Croat has nonetheless proven to be challenging to successfully cultivate long-term. Recent accessions have generated relatively large numbers of first and second generation artificially-propagated plants and successfully reintroduced A. dressleri Croat, and introduced A. kunayalense Croat \& Vannini into cultivation. They have shown that, with proper management, it is feasible to permanently establish these species in ornamental horticulture. These accessions will also permit a new series of attractive velvet-leafed hybrids to be available to the market.

}, keywords = {Anthurium dressleri, Anthurium kunayalense, Araceae., cultivation, ecology, hybridization, Panama}, author = {Jay P. Vannini} } @article {3482, title = {A Reexamination of Anthurium dressleri Croat (Araceae) and a Description of a New Species of Anthurium Schott from Panama}, journal = {Aroideana; Journal of the International Aroid Society}, volume = {33}, year = {2010}, pages = {167}, chapter = {161}, abstract = {

A new species, Anthurium kunayalense Croat \& Vannini, is described and is compared with A. dressleri Croat. The latter species has long been confused with material not found at the type locality. The differences with A. dressleri Croat are itemized below and an updated description of A. dressleri Croat is provided to allow the reader to distinguish these two closely-related species better.

}, keywords = {Anthurium dressleri, Anthurium kunayalense, Araceae, key differences, new species, Panama.}, author = {Thomas B. Croat and Jay P. Vannini} }