Croat, T 96085

Chlorospatha ilensis Madison

March 17, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Chlorospatha ilensis Madison (Croat, T 96085) was collected on March 17, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Chlorospatha ilensis, Croat 96085--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 233 (1).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 96085

Collection Date

March 17, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Terrestrial; internodes short, 3 cm diam; petioles purplish, terete, somewhat spongy, finely striate, sheathed to below middle; blades thin, weakly glossy on both surfaces; midrib sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and paler below; primary lateral veins weakly etched and concolorous above, bluntly acute below; inflorescence erect; spathe tube medium green and matte outside, glossy inside; spathe blade white to pale green and matte outside, semiglossy inside; female flowers pale green; male spadix white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Chlorospatha

Specific Epithet

ilensis

Authorship

Madison

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.2

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

Borderline

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.5

Global rank

#10,174 of 335,497

Top 4%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →