Croat, T 98956

Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl.

September 20, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl. (Croat, T 98956) was collected on September 20, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 10 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium scandens, Croat98956--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Cd del Condor. Rio Wawaime V. 21 Sep 07. 209.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 98956

Collection Date

September 20, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphytic; internodes elongate, 3 mm diam.; petioles sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and weakly glossy below; midrib etched and concolorous above, bluntly angular, paler below; primary lateral veins not obvious; collective veins more conspicuous than primary lateral veins; inflorescence minute; spathe tinged purplish; spadix green, 2 mm diam., medium green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

scandens

Authorship

(Aubl.) Engl.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.1

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

0.5

Global rank

#89,118 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →