Croat, T 94462

Rhodospatha moritziana Schott

February 10, 2005

Ecuador

This occurrence of Rhodospatha moritziana Schott (Croat, T 94462) was collected on February 10, 2005 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 7 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Rhodospatha, Croat 94462--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 11 Feb 05. 063a (5).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 94462

Collection Date

February 10, 2005 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Terrestrial to 1.3 m tall; internodes short, 4 cm diam.; petioles medium green, matte, densely speckled; sheathed to within 7-8 cm of apex; sheath deciduous; geniculum sharply sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, much paler and matte below; midrib V-sulcate and much paler above thick and narrowly raised, slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, convex, darker below; minor veins moderately distinct; inflorescence erect; spathe greenish pre-anthesis; spadix salmon-red, becoming pinkish purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Rhodospatha

Specific Epithet

moritziana

Authorship

Schott

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.9

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

0.8

Global rank

#56,005 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →