Croat, T 93377

Philodendron tenue K.Koch & Augustin

August 13, 2004

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron tenue K.Koch & Augustin (Croat, T 93377) was collected on August 13, 2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 4 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Philodendron tenue, Croat93377--Ecuador. Prov. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, E of Pita. 14 Aug 04. 001.jpg

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Record Number

Croat, T 93377

Collection Date

August 13, 2004 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Xavier Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte at 2 m tall; internodes to 4 cm long, 1 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers pale; petioles terete, dark green, matte, faintly striate; blades thinly coriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib flattened and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and darker below; primary lateral veins sunken and concolorous above, narrowly convex and darker below; minor veins visible; inflorescence 1 per axil; peduncle pale green, coarsely short-lineate toward apex; spathe dark green; blade medium green, glossy on both blade and tube; tube glossy and purplish violet within; female spadix yellow-cream, post-anthesis.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

tenue

Authorship

K.Koch & Augustin

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 41.9

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

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

4.1

Global rank

#4,504 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →