Araceae
Anthurium wurdackii G.S.Bunting
SUMMARY
Description based on dried material only. Terrestrial or epilithic; stem short, stout, growing horizontally,1.5-4 cm diam.; cataphylls thick, ca. 4- 7 cm long, dark brown, persisting ± intact or weathering into fine linear fibers. LEAVES erect to spreading; petioles 22-55 cm long, 5-8 mm diam., subterete, somewhat flattened and narrowly sulcate with rounded margins adaxially, rounded abaxially; geniculum 1-1.5 cm long; blades thickly coriaceous, broadly ovate-elliptic to somewhat broadly lanceolate in larger blades, acute to obtuse at apex, shallowly cordate at base, 28-53 cm long, 10.5- 26 cm wide, broadest at or just below the middle; sinus broadly and shallowly arcuate; upper surface glossy, dark green, lower surface; midrib flat at base; becoming convexly raised toward apex; basal veins 3-4 pairs, prominently arcuate-ascending, usually merging with the margin, at least the first vein extending to near or above the middle of the blade; primary lateral veins 3-4 per side, departing midrib at 40-60º angle, slightly arcuate, steeply ascending, raised above and below; interprimary veins few, less conspicuous than primary lateral veins; tertiary veins sunken above, raised above and below; collective vein arising in the upper half of the blade or absent. INFLORESCENCES longer than leaves; peduncle (44)55-81 cm long, ca. 4-7 mm diam., 1-2x as long as petiole; spathe erect-spreading at anthesis, becoming reflexed to recurled, subcoriaceous, green tinged with maroon at apex at anthesis, becoming purple, lanceolate, (6.5)8-14.5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, decurrent for 1.5-2 cm at base; spadix maroon, stipitate to 7-1 3 mm, narrowly tapered, 6.5-1 8 cm long, 6- 7 mm diam. near base, 3-4 mm diam. near apex; flowers rhombic, 2.7 mm long, 2.9 mm wide, the sides straight to weakly sigmoid; 8 flowers visible in principal spiral, 6 in alternate spiral. INFRUCTESCENCE with spathe persisting; spadix 7-21 cm long, 1.5-2 cm diam.; berries white, maroon at apex, ca. 8 mm diam.