Occurrence

Croat, T 98778

Philodendron attenuatum Croat

9/16/2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron attenuatum Croat (Croat, T 98778) was collected on 9/16/2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 9 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Philodendron attenuatum, Croat98778--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 332.jpg

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

attenuatum

Authorship

Croat

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Croat, T 98778

Collection Date

9/16/2007

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte; cataphylls unribbed, medium-green, finely speckled, deciduous; internodes 2-4 cm long, 2.0-2.5 cm diam, 1-1.2 cm diam., medium-green soon gray-brown; petioles terete, spongy, densely short, dark-lineate, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and bicolorous; midrib flattened-convex and concolorous above, broadly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely quilted, thickly convex and paler below; minor veins fine, moderately distinct; inflorescences 1-3 per axil; spathe green tinged violet-purple on tube outside, dark violet-purple on tube inside.

Geographic Information

Country

Ecuador

State/Province

Zamora Chinchipe

Coordinates

-4.313333, -78.661389

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

Location Remarks

Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.

Collection Location

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