Neill, D 15987

Bomarea longipes Baker

September 24, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Bomarea longipes Baker (Neill, D 15987) was collected on September 24, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 23 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Neill, D 15987

Collection Date

September 24, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Herbaceous vine, the stem clambering over low shrubs. Inflorescence pendent. Outer tepals bright pink outside, paler inside with dark purple-bronw spots near apex. Inner tepals on outside surface with bright pink stripe down center, and ivory-white near margins with dark purple-brown spots; inside of inner tepals ivory-white with dark purple-brown spots. This site is the type locality of this locally endemic species. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Genus

Bomarea

Specific Epithet

longipes

Authorship

Baker

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

3.4

Global rank

#6,095 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

97%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →