Anthurium salvinii Hemsl.

Ortiz, Orlando Oriel, de Stapf, María Sánchez, Baldini, Riccardo Maria & Croat, Thomas Bernard, 2019, Synopsis of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Cerro Pirre (Darién Province, Panama), Check List 15 (4), pp. 651-689 : 669

Anthurium salvinii Hemsl. ( Fig. 5B)

Material examined. Parque Nacional Darién, Cerro Pirre. Rancho Frío, Cascada arriba; 08°00′58″N, 077°43′24″W; 164 m; 14 Apr. 2016; O. O. Ortiz 2565 ( PMA). Ibid., orillas del río Perresenico; 08°01′11″N, 077°43′51″W; 110 m; 1 Dec. 2016; O. O. Ortiz 2697 ( PMA). Ibid., campamento cerca del segundo mirador; 07°59′49″N, 077°42′43″W; 610 m; 3 Dec. 2016; O. O. Ortiz 2720 ( PMA).

Identification. This species is characterized by having short stems and internodes, intact, persistent and cucculate cataphylls, petioles usually ribbed, pendent inflo- rescences, and lilac, tapered and slender spadices. In the field, this species can be confused with A. ramonense Engl. ex K. Krause and with juvenile individuals of A. michelii Guillaumin , but both differs because they lack cucculate cataphylls (see the additional differences in the notes on both species).

Distribution and ecology. Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Anthurium salvinii is a fairly common species on Cerro Pirre. It grows along semideciduous and evergreen forests, from 90 to 800 m. It is usual to observe this species as an epiphyte; however, it can grow as terrestrial or on rocks (epilitic). Its massively conglomerate roots and the arrangement of leaves in rosettes, allow it to accumulate detritus and moisture, as litter-trapping plants (see Zona and Christenhusz 2015). Probably, this mechanism allows the plant to establish itself successfully and grow in dry soils with few nutrients.