Croat, T 95967

Philodendron fibrosum Sodiro ex Croat

March 14, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron fibrosum Sodiro ex Croat (Croat, T 95967) was collected on March 14, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 10 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Philodendron fibrosum, Croat 95967--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 181 (3).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 95967

Collection Date

March 14, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Epiphyte; internodes reddish brown, scurfy, 3.6 cm diam; cataphylls green, densely green-scaly, 38 cm long; petiole terete, brownish, weakly and closely transverse-wrinkled, densely green-scaly; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and slightly paler above, narrowly round-raised, yellow-green, matte and paler below; secondary veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and slightly paler below; minor veins moderately distinct; cross-veins visible; inflorescences 4 per axil; peduncle-like petioles 1.3 cm diam.; spathe brownish.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

fibrosum

Authorship

Sodiro ex Croat

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 25.1

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

2.8

Global rank

#8,431 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →