Xanthosoma dodsonii Croat
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 95954 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph |
| Identified By | T. Croat (MO), 2015 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 2 km N of Maquipucuna Entrance. 1400 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 00 07 19 W 078 37 06 |
| Note | 3 m tall; trunks to 1.5 m, 10 cm diam.; petiole medium green, minutely speckled, subterete above sheath, obtusely flattened toward apex with obtuse medial rib; blades thin dark green and matte-subvelvety above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib convex and slightly paler toward apex, round-raised and paler below; tertiary veins etched and concolorous above, moderately raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect, 6 per axil; spathe tube medium green and matte outside, glossy and dark purple in lower 2/3 of tube inside; fruit pale green. |
Local Habitat
0km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 2 km N of Maquipucuna Entrance., N 00 07 19 W 078 37 06 |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
1.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
1.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
| Comment | Many bees (Hymenoptera). |
