Croat, T 98777

Anthurium bomboizense Croat

September 16, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium bomboizense Croat (Croat, T 98777) was collected on September 16, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 11 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium truncicola, Croat98777--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 421.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 98777

Collection Date

September 16, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte; internodes short, cataphylls marcescent with only pale basal portion of fibers remaining; petioles terete, medium-dark green, semiglossy, 9 mm diam.; geniculum 3.5 cm long; blades moderately coriaceous; dark green and semiglossy above, paler and moderately glossy below; midrib narrowly round-raised and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly rounded and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and slightly darker below; inflorescence erect, spathe medium-dark green, spreading-reflexed; spadix dark green, semiglossy, 30 cm long, 1 cm diam.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

bomboizense

Authorship

Croat

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.7

Global rank

#9,052 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

39%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →