Croat, T 95944

Anthurium microspadix Schott

March 14, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium microspadix Schott (Croat, T 95944) was collected on March 14, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 17 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium microspadix, Croat 95944--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 272 (13).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 95944

Collection Date

March 14, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Terrestrial or epiphytic; internodes 5-8 mm diam., 1-2(3) cm long, medium green, weakly glossy; cataphylls persisting semi-intact; petiole medium green weakly glossy, narrowly sulcate; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and concolorous above, narrowly raised and darker below; inflorescence erect-spreading; peduncle 1.5 mm diam.; spathe spreading, green, 1.2 cm wide; spadix medium dark green, matte, 5 mm diam.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

microspadix

Authorship

Schott

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.3

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.2

Global rank

#33,949 of 335,497

Top 11%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →