Croat, T 93618

Anthurium apaporanum R.E.Schult.

August 17, 2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium apaporanum R.E.Schult. (Croat, T 93618) was collected on August 17, 2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 4 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium apaporanum, Croat93618--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 04. 051.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 93618

Collection Date

August 17, 2004 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Remarks

Terrestrial; internodes short, 1.3-1.7 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers red-brown; petioles terete, weakly and narrowly sulcate, stiff medium green to purple, semiglossy to weakly glossy; geniculum sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above, acute and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins weakly sunken and concolorous above, weakly pleated-raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale green, spreading; spadix whitish cream, semiglossy, eventually light green, in fruit, dark green; pistils acute, weakly emergent.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

apaporanum

Authorship

R.E.Schult.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.3

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

0.6

Global rank

#74,229 of 335,497

Top 23%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →