Croat, T 93424

Stenospermation latifolium Engl.

August 15, 2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Stenospermation latifolium Engl. (Croat, T 93424) was collected on August 15, 2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Stenospermation latifolium cf, Croat93424--Ecuador. Prov. Cotopaxi. Guayacan-Pucayacu rd. 14 Aug 04. 094.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 93424

Collection Date

August 15, 2004 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Remarks

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes medium green and weakly glossy, becoming light gray-brown; petioles sheathed throughout; free-ending, usually above base of blade, medium to dark green and weakly glossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins very weakly pleated-raised and concolorous above, flattened and scarcely visible, concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe whitish; spadix creamy white, 5 cm x 6.5 mm, matte.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Stenospermation

Specific Epithet

latifolium

Authorship

Engl.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.4

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

4.3

Global rank

#4,241 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

40%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →