Araceae
Anthurium mariae Croat & Lingán
Nomenclature
SUMMARY
Description based on dried material. Epiphyte; roots white, short pubescent, 2–3 mm wide; internodes up to 1.6 cm long, 1– 1.2 cm diam.; cataphylls 3.3–11.2 cm long, lanceolate, subcoriaceous, persisting intact, drying brown to reddish brown. Leaves erect to spreading; petioles 46.6–75.4 cm long, 0.2–0.5 cm diam., terete, green; sheath up to 3.2 cm long; geniculum 1.1–1.8 cm long; blades drying subcoriaceous, 21.6–32.5 cm long, 6.3–7.2 cm wide, narrowly ovatetriangular, attenuate at apex, subcordate at base, drying yellowish brown; midrib raised in both surfaces; primary lateral veins 7–12 per side, not prominent above, conspicuously raised below, straight weakly curvated, departing at 50–65° from the midrib; collective veins arising from the 2nd primary lateral veins, (0.1) 0.3–1.1 cm from the margin. Inflorescence erect to spreading; peduncle 41.1–64.2 cm long, 0.1–0.4 cm diam., terete, green, 0.85–0.88 times longer than the petiole; spathe subcoriaceous, green, persistent, spreading, 2.6–5.9 cm long, 0.6–0.8 cm wide, linear oblong, conspicuously acute to obtuse at apex, acute at base, the margins joining at 25–55° angle; spadix long, slender and weakly tapered, (2) 3–10.6 cm long, 0.3–0.4 cm wide near to base, 0.2 mm wide near to apex, green; stipe green, 1.1–1.6 cm long in front, 0.3–0.6 cm long in back; flowers rhombic, margins straight, 3 × 1.5 mm; 2–3 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 4–6 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals with the inner margins straight to weakly convex; pistils with stigmas rounded, not protruding; stamens with anthers protruding at anthesis; thecae divaricated. Infructescence not seen.