Occurrence

Croat, T 93580

Chlorospatha longipoda (K.Krause) Madison

8/17/2005

Ecuador

This occurrence of Chlorospatha longipoda (K.Krause) Madison (Croat, T 93580) was collected on 8/17/2005 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 5 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Chlorospatha plowmanii, Croat93580--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 059.jpg

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Chlorospatha

Specific Epithet

longipoda

Authorship

(K.Krause) Madison

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Croat, T 93580

Collection Date

August 17, 2005 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Remarks

Terrestrial; internodes 1.5-2.0 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam., pale yellow-green, matte with fragments of petiole fibers persisting; petioles dark green, matte, 5 mm diam., bluntly flattened adaxially, sulcate toward apex; blades thin, dark green and matte-subvelvety, paler and matte below; major veins sunken and concolorous above, bluntly acute and darker below; midrib narrowly round-raised and matte, darker below; tertiary veins weakly raised below; inflorescences 2-5 per axil; peduncle 1.5 mm diam., medium green, matte; spathe tube 3.5 mm diam., medium green, matte; blade creamy white; female flowers greenish cream; male spadix creamy white.