Anthurium cerropirrense Croat
Creators: name: Ortiz, Orlando Oriel
name: de Stapf, María Sánchez
name: Baldini, Riccardo Maria
name: Croat, Thomas Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Anthurium
Anthurium cerropirrense

description: <i>Anthurium cerropirrense</i> Croat (Fig. 3A, B) <b>Material examined.</b> Cerro Pirre, Rancho Carajo hacia Cima, Serranía del Pirre, PN Darién, Bosque nuboso; 07°59′21″N, 077°42′26″W; 1129 m; 22 Apr. 2016; <i>J. E. Batista 1614</i> (MO, PMA). Cerro Pirre; 07°52′N, 077°44′W; 11 Apr. 1967; <i>N. Bristan 619</i> (MO). Along steep narrow ridge from Alturas de Nique to Cerro Pirre, ca 9–10 km due N of Alturas de Nique, ca 8 km W of Cana gold mine, virgin cloud forest, lower montane rain forest (Holdrige Life Zone System); 07°49′N, 077°43′ W; 1520–1560 m; 27 Jul. 1976; <i>T. B. Croat 37857</i> (MO). Middle slopes on W side of Cerro Pirre; 07°56′N, 077°45′W; 800–1050 m; 29 Jun. 1988; <i>T. B. Croat 68948</i> (MO). Ibid.; 07°56′ N, 077°45′ W; 800–1050 m; <i>T. B. Croat 68949</i> (MO). Cerro Pirre, cloud forest and/or mossy forest; 07°50′N, 077°44′W; 9–10 Aug. 1967; <i>J. A. Duke E 13822</i> (MO). Ibid.; 07°51′N, 077°44′W; Oct. 1962; <i>J. A. Duke 6094</i> (MO). Valley between between Pirre and next most southernly peak, sloping hillside; 07°40′N, 077°42′W; 1250–1300 m; 10–20 Jul. 1977; <i>J. P. Folsom 4421</i> (MO). Ibid.; <i>J. P. Folsom 4504</i> (MO). Serranía de Pirre, vicinity of Cerro Pirre; 07°52′N, 077°46′W; 1300–1500 m; 2 Jan. 1979; <i>R. L. Hartman 8553</i> (MO). Ibid., on trail immediately SE of summit; 07°52′N, 077°48′W; 1400 m; 14 Jul. 1977; <i>R. L. Hartman 4587</i> (MO). Ibid., trail ca 1 mi. SSW of Cerro Pirre summit; 07°56′ N, 077°42′ W; 1200 m; 15 Jul. 1977; <i>R. L. Hartman 4688</i> (MO). Ibid., on main ridge from intersection of trail down to Rancho Frío to 1 mi. S of that point, mossy cloud forest; 08°01′N, 077°43′W; 900–1000 m; 12 Jul. 1977; <i>R. L. Hartman 4533</i> (MO). Ibid., 1.5–2.5 mi. S on ridge from intersection with trail down to Rancho Frío, cloud forest; 07°57′N, 077°43′W; 900–1000 m; 11 Jul. 1977; <i>R. L. Hartman 4477</i> (MO). Ibid., main ridge 1–2 mi. N of Cerro Pirre; 07°56′N, 077°42′W; 1100–1200 m; 8 Jan. 1979; <i>R. L. Hartman 8604</i> (MO). Ibid., steep SE slope of Cerro Pirre, along newly cut trail to Boca de Cupe, within 500 altitudinal feet of summit, cloud forest; 07°56′N, 077°42′W; 1200 m; 3 Jan. 1979; <i>R. L. Hartman 8567</i> (MO). Ibid., wet forest; 07°56′N, 077°42′W; 1000–1080 m; 14 Sept. 1989; <i>G. McPherson 14085</i> (MO). Ibid., Rancho Plástico; 07°58′07″N, 077°42′26″W; 1208 m; 1 Aug. 2016; <i>O. O. Ortiz 2661</i> (MO, PMA). Ibid.; 07°58′57″ N, 077°42′30″ W; 1128 m; 18 Jul. 2016; <i>O. O. Ortiz 2731</i> (MO, PMA). <b>Identification.</b> <i>Anthurium cerropirrense</i> is distinguished by having an elongated stem with short internodes, deciduous semi-intact cataphylls, narrowly elliptical to lanceolate blades with collective veins that emerge from one of the primary lateral veins, red-purple spadices, and elongated lilac berries. Croat (1986b) reported greenish spadices, but this species really has red-purple spadices at anthesis. At the study area, <i>A. cerropirrense</i> may be confused with <i>A. talamancae</i> Engl., but the latter species differs in having wider blades, cordate to subcordate at the base and three to four pairs of basal veins. <b>Distribution and ecology.</b> This endemic species is found only in the cloud forests that are above 1100 m. It usually grows in the lower strata of the host trees, between 3 and 4 m above the forest floor. It is a rare species and can be seen sporadically along the edge of the mountain range.
description: Published as part of <i>Ortiz, Orlando Oriel, de Stapf, María Sánchez, Baldini, Riccardo Maria &amp; Croat, Thomas Bernard, 2019, Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama), pp. 651-689 in Check List 15 (4)</i> on page 660, DOI: 10.15560/15.4.651
description: {"references": ["Croat TB (1986 b) A revision of genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part II: Panama. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St Louis, 204 pp."]}