Croat, T 94433

Chlorospatha dodsonii (G.S.Bunting) Madison

February 9, 2005

Ecuador

This occurrence of Chlorospatha dodsonii (G.S.Bunting) Madison (Croat, T 94433) was collected on February 9, 2005 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 6 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Croat, T 94433

Collection Date

February 9, 2005 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Less than 1 m tall; stem to 30 cm long; petioles terete, medium green, weakly glossy, sharply flattened toward apex with obtuse medial rib; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte, moderately paler and matte below; major veins sunken deeply and concolorous above; midrib narrowly rounded, matte and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins round-raised and concolorous below; tertiary veins weakly raised; inflorescence erect, then nodding; peduncle pale green; spathe pale green, in bud; female spadix creamy white; male spadix bright orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Chlorospatha

Specific Epithet

dodsonii

Authorship

(G.S.Bunting) Madison

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

4.9

Global rank

#3,342 of 335,497

Top 1%

Extinction probability

46%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →