Araceae
Anthurium bicordoense Croat
Nomenclature
SUMMARY
Internodes 3.6-13 cm long, .4-.8 cm diam., drying light yellowish gray, ribbed, slightly granular, few-dispersed pale inclusions, moderately glossy; cataphylls 8.2-9.3 cm long, .8-1.4 cm wide, drying greenish gray, pale lineate, persisting as pale fibers; petioles 18.3-27.7 cm long, 2.0-3.5 mm wide, subterete, drying yellowish brown but greenish gray at base, few deeply ribbed, slightly glossy, dark inclusions, slightly granular; geniculum .7-1.4 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, drying a darker yellowish brown, finely many-ribbed; blades broadly ovate, 23.2-33.5 cm long, 13.2-25.4 cm wide, 1.5 times longer than broad, abruptly acuminate at apex, subcordate at base, drying medium, green above, light greenish gray below; upper surface densely granular; lower surface moderately smooth, weakly pale, short-lineate; anterior lobe 17.8-27.8 cm, rounded to broadly rounded; posterior lobes 3.8-4.4 cm, 4.3-9.2 cm wide, narrowly rounded; sinus arcuate to parabolic, 2.7-4.5 cm deep, 4.5-4.7 midway; basal veins 4-5 pairs, 1 st-3rd free to base, 4th fused 1.2-2.1 cm, 5th fused 1.8-3.2 cm; posterior rib naked 1.6-2.1 cm; midrib narrowly rounded to bluntly acute and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins 9-10 on both sides, arising at 45-50°, narrowly rounded to convex and concolorous above, narrowly raised and narrowly round-raised and granular below; tertiary veins weak on upper surface, weakly raised and concolorous below; collective veins arising from 3rd basal vein, 2-4 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES with peduncle 8.4-15.8 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, many-deeply ribbed, cellular inclusions, slightly darker than petiole; spathe spreading, 5 cm long, .7 cm wide, 7 times longer than broad, drying greenish gray, finely many-ribbed, pale-lineate; spadix green to yellow, 4.8-5.2 cm long, 3-4 mm diam., 14 times longer than broad, stipitate 3-4 mm; flowers 5 visible per spiral, .9-1.4 cm long, .9-1.1 cm wide; tepals darkly-color, moderately granular, lateral tepals .7-.8 mm, inner margins rounded, outer margins 3-4-sided, sometimes with 2 obtuse angles and one rounded side.