Croat, T 95954

Xanthosoma dodsonii Croat

March 14, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Xanthosoma dodsonii Croat (Croat, T 95954) was collected on March 14, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 18 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Croat, T 95954

Collection Date

March 14, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

3 m tall; trunks to 1.5 m, 10 cm diam.; petiole medium green, minutely speckled, subterete above sheath, obtusely flattened toward apex with obtuse medial rib; blades thin dark green and matte-subvelvety above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib convex and slightly paler toward apex, round-raised and paler below; tertiary veins etched and concolorous above, moderately raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect, 6 per axil; spathe tube medium green and matte outside, glossy and dark purple in lower 2/3 of tube inside; fruit pale green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Xanthosoma

Specific Epithet

dodsonii

Authorship

Croat

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#58,510 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →