Croat, T 99118

Stenospermation arborescens Madison

September 22, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Stenospermation arborescens Madison (Croat, T 99118) was collected on September 22, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 14 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Stenospermation arborescens, Croat99118--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Sanstone tepui, Cd del Condor. 23 Sep 07. 060.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 99118

Collection Date

September 22, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Terrestrial 2 m tall; internodes short 2 cm diam.; petioles terete, sulcate near apex; blades coriaceous, dark green, matte-subvelvety above, slightly paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly sunken, scarcely discolorous marginally; primary lateral veins obscure on both surfaces. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Stenospermation

Specific Epithet

arborescens

Authorship

Madison

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.7

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

6.2

Global rank

#2,193 of 335,497

Top 0.7%

Extinction probability

47%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →