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Araceae
Anthurium angustilaminatum subsp. cibuserpentis Croat
SUMMARY
Based on dried material only. Epiphytic; stem short, ca. 2 cm diam.; roots dense, numerous, ascending to spreading, whitish, velutinous, short, tapered, ca. 3 mm diam.; cataphylls subcoriaceous, to at least 8 cm long, yellowish tan, persisting as h e linear fibers. LEAVES erect; petioles 3.5-7 cm long, ca. 3-6 mm diam., D-shaped, flattened with the margins raised adaxially, rounded abaxially; geniculum 0.3-1 cm long; blades subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, acute at apex, truncate to narrowly rounded at base, 32-61 cm long, 5-9 cm wide, broadest at or near the middle, the margins slightly undulate; both surfaces matte to semiglossy and yellowish green; midrib convexly raised, becoming acute toward the apex above, higher than broad at base, becoming convexly raised toward apex below; primary lateral veins numerous, to more than 20 per side, departing midrib at 50-70° angle, ± straight to the collective vein, raised above and below; interprimary veins numerous, almost as conspicuous as primary lateral veins; tertiary veins raised; collective vein arising from near the base, equally as prominent as primary lateral veins, 3-8 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES erect; peduncle 17-23 cm long, ca. 3 mm diam., 3.9-4.2 x as long as petioles, terete; spathe spreading, subcoriaceous, green, at least 7 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, acute at base; spadix (post-anthesis) green, slightly tapered, ca. 8 cm long; flowers apparently ± square, 5-6 flowers visible in principal spiral, 6-9 flowers visible in alternate spiral, lateral tepals 2-2.5 mm wide, the inner margins ± straight, becoming turned up against pistil, the outer margins 2-sided; stigma ellipsoid, 0.4-0.5 mm long; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide; thecae oblong, slightly divaricate. INFRUCTESCENCE erect; spathe persisting and withered or absent; spadix ca. 12 cm long, ca. 1.2 cm diam., with berries scattered throughout; berries greenish (immature), oblong, mammilliform at apex, 5.5-6 mm long, 3.2-3.6 mm diam.; pericarp thickened, with raphide cells present; seeds 2 per berry, orange-brown when dried, ca. 3 mm long, 2.2-2.4 mm diam., ca. 1 mm thick.