Occurrence

Croat, T 98715

Anthurium atropurpureum R.E.Schult. & Maguire

Predicted not threatened

September 15, 2007

Ecuador

Anthurium, Croat98715--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 139.jpg

This occurrence of Anthurium atropurpureum R.E.Schult. & Maguire (Croat, T 98715) was collected on September 15, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 11 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Record Number

Croat, T 98715

Collection Date

September 15, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Terrestrial; internodes short, 3 cm diam.; cataphylls dark brown, persisting semi-intact at base, lanceolate, weakly curved; petioles obtusely V-sulcate, medium green, weakly glossy, 10 mm thick, 11 mm wide; geniculum purplish, 2.2 cm long, 11 mm thick, 12.5 mm wide, broadly and more or less sharply sulcate; blades coriaceous semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib obtusely angular and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded in valleys, concolorous above, narrowly rounded and concolorous below; tertiary veins etched and concolorous above; inflorescence erect; peduncle 6 mm diam., yellowish; spathe reflexed and curled, heavily tinged violet-purple; spadix dark violet-purple, matte, 13.5 cm long, 8 mm diam.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

atropurpureum

Authorship

R.E.Schult. & Maguire

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#63,196 of 335,497

Top 19%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →