Croat, T 98648

Philodendron ernestii Engl.

September 14, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron ernestii Engl. (Croat, T 98648) was collected on September 14, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 12 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium ernestii, TCroat98648--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Rio Nangaritza ca Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 323.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 98648

Collection Date

September 14, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Terrestrial, on trail bank; internodes short, 1 cm diam.; roots dense, pale green, sharply tapered turned erect; cataphylls narrowly acute, lanceolate, persisting as fine fibers; petioles O-shaped, prominently 3-ribbed adaxially, acute to bluntly acute abaxially, medium green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, slightly bicolorous; midrib acute both surfaces; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded and paler on both surfaces; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, reflexed, spadix pale gray-green, matte, pistils green early emergent; berries purplish violet.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

ernestii

Authorship

Engl.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 25.8

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.1

Global rank

#13,457 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →