Araceae
Anthurium monteagudoi Croat & Altamirano
Nomenclature
SUMMARY
Terrestrial; stem erect; internodes 4-8.5 cm long; cataphylls persistent 2-7 cm long, fibrous, drying reddish brown. LEAVES 25 cm long with sheathed peti- oles, subterete, 5-17 cm long, 1.5-2 mm diam.; geniculum 0.8-1.7 cm long; blades ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, 9.5-19.5 cm long, 3.7-6.2 cm wide, 2.4-4 times longer than wide, 0.7-1.1 times longer than petiole, long, tapered acuminate at apex, cuneate to subcordate at base, midrib prominent and drying acute on both surfaces, often drying darker brown on lower surface; primary lateral veins 7-12 pairs, arising at 50-55° angle, inconspicuous, slightly rounded on upper surface, more acutely raised on lower surface, concolorous on both surfaces; collective veins arising prominently from the base, running 4-6 cm, forming a straight-sided V-shape to 2-4 mm from the margin, concolorous on both surfaces; tertiary veins reticulate; upper surface drying semi-glossy, subcoriaceous, minutely papillate, epunctate, drying brown; lower surface drying semiglossy, papillate, with white pustules, yellow-green. INFLORESCENCES 25 cm long, erect, spreading 60-65° from the stem; peduncle terete, 9.7-28 cm long; stipe 0.3-6.5 cm long; spathe 3-6.5 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide, elliptic-lanceolate, reddish green fresh, drying dark brown, semi-transparent; spadix cylindrioid, 2-7.2 cm long, 0.1-0.5 cm diam., red, drying dark brown; flowers 3-3.3 mm long, 2.3-2.5 mm wide, 4-5 visible per spiral, outer tepal 2-sided, inner tepal broadly rounded, lateral tepal 1.2 mm wide.