Croat, T 96525

Anthurium umbraculum Sodiro

March 26, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium umbraculum Sodiro (Croat, T 96525) was collected on March 26, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium umbraculum, Croat, T 96525--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 101 (5).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 96525

Collection Date

March 26, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Terrestrial on steep bank or epiphytic; internodes short, cataphylls thin, semi-persistent (see photos); petioles subterete, 70-150 cm long, 1.3-1.7 cm diam., shallowly and bluntly sulcate, medium green, weakly glossy, smooth; blades subcoriaceous; 84-94 cm long, 64-75 cm wide; midrib paler, convex at base, bluntly acute in deep valley above, round-raised and paler, matte below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised in deep valleys, concolorous above; tertiary veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, arising from almost the lowermost basal veins; basal veins 10 pairs, 1-2 free to base, 7th-8th higher fused to 8-11 cm; posterior rib naked for 8-11 cm; inflorescence spreading; spathe 34-54 cm long, 1-1.2 cm diam. medium green, matte; spathe thin medium green, brittle, spreading, becoming, coiled longitudinally, often deciduous, 27-30 cm long, 3.7-4.4 cm wide, sometimes tinged purple adaxially; spadix 29 cm long pre-anthesis, 1.3 diam. at base, 9 mm midway, 4 cm diam. 1 cm from apex, pale grayish green, matte, becoming 62 cm long, 2.0 cm diam. at base, 1.2 cm diam. midway, 5 cm diam. near apex, post-anthesis dark green with protruding green pistils.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

umbraculum

Authorship

Sodiro

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.0

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#86,711 of 335,497

Top 26%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →