Croat, T 95091

Philodendron tenuipes Engl.

February 20, 2005

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron tenuipes Engl. (Croat, T 95091) was collected on February 20, 2005 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Philodendron tenuipes, Croat 95091--Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Alto Tambo. 21 Feb 05. 108 (3).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 95091

Collection Date

February 20, 2005 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Epiphyte; internodes 1-4 cm long, 1.3 cm diam.; cataphylls green, 17 cm long, turning brown, remaining intact; petioles terete, dark green, weakly glossy, 5 mm diam.; geniculum 6 mm diam.; blades oblong-elliptic, acuminate, weakly cordulate at base, subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised, matte and darker below; primary lateral veins sunken-quilted and concolorous above, convex and darker below; inflorescences 1-2 per axil; peduncle 3 cm long, 4 mm diam., pale green, coarsely white-streaked, tube 3.5 cm long, 1.6 cm diam., inner surfaces dark purple-violet; female flowers pale green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

tenuipes

Authorship

Engl.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 28.2

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

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

7.9

Global rank

#1,151 of 335,497

Top 0.4%

Extinction probability

42%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →