Croat, T 98713

Spathiphyllum barbourii Croat

September 15, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Spathiphyllum barbourii Croat (Croat, T 98713) was collected on September 15, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Spathiphyllum, Croat98713--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 018.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 98713

Collection Date

September 15, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

In seepy area below cliff; stem short; internodes short, less than 1 cm diam.; petioles medium green, semiglossy, sheathed throughout; sheath deciduous, turning brown; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and weakly glossy below; major veins weakly sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins weakly pleated-raised and concolorous below; minor veins weakly visible; inflorescence held below leaves; spathe white, erect-spreading; spadix dark green with white prominently exserted pistils.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Spathiphyllum

Specific Epithet

barbourii

Authorship

Croat

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 15.5

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

3.4

Global rank

#6,361 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

31%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →