Araceae
Anthurium ligulare Croat
SUMMARY
Epiphytic. LEAVES: Petioles 9.5-10.5 cm long, drying 3-4 mm diam.; blades strap-shaped, acuminate at apex (acumen ca. 2 cm long), cuneate at base, 34-39.5 × 3-3.7 cm, 9.9-11 times longer than wide, incurled at margins; upper surface eglandular, drying dark yellowish brown and matte; lower surface inconspicuously dark glandular-punctate with widely scattered warty excrescences, drying paler than above and weakly glossy; midrib concolorous, prominently raised near base, becoming flatter near apex on both surfaces, slightly darker below; primary lateral veins 10-12 per side, only slightly more prominent than interprimary veins; collective veins arising from near base, much more prominent than primary lateral veins, almost as prominent as midrib near apex, noticeably sunken above, 3-4 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCE with peduncle 38 cm long, drying 2-3 mm diam.; spathe erect, greenish, speckled maroon, lanceolate, 8.5 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide at widest portion near base, narrowly acuminate; spadix maroon, stipitate 2 mm, arching away from spathe to almost a 90° angle, 12.5 cm long, drying ca. 3 mm diam. Flowers 1.5-1.9 × 1.1-1.3 mm, 3 visible per spiral; lateral tepals 0.8-1 mm wide, outer margins 2-sided.