Anthurium xanthophylloides (Araceae)
Stem abbreviated. LEAVES: Petiole semiterete, 45 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, greyish green, flattened adaxially with raised margins, laterally compressed, convex abaxially, smooth, geniculum 5 cm long. Leaf blade coriaceous-carnulose, oblong-ovate, cordate at the base, obtuse at the apex, 75 cm long, dark green adaxially, paler abaxially, midrib prominent on both surfaces, convex abaxially, primary lateral veins 15 - 17, thick, alternating, lowermost veins 4, of which the first and second are joined, thereafter the veins disjunct, 1 ascending, 3 at first curved and then ascending and anastomosing near the margin. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle terete, 45 - 50 cm long, smooth. Spathe oblong, acuminate, green, 12 - 14 cm long, 3.7 cm wide, midrib [of spathe] prominulent abaxially and ornamented with numerous, immersed parallel veins. Spadix 24 cm long, 1 cm wide, obliquely decurrent, with a carnose stipe. Flowers yellowish-green, 3 mm diam., stigma exserted, papillose, tepals concave, 1.5 mm long, anthers yellow, rounded.
The plant is similar to the Cuban species Anthurium venosum Griseb., but distinct from it by the shape and dimensions of the leaf and spadix.
Brazil (Espírito Santo).