Occurrence

Croat, T 98667

Chlorospatha portillae Croat & L.P.Hannon

Borderline • Predicted threatened

September 16, 2007

Ecuador

Chlorospatha portilloi, Croat98667--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 066.jpg

This occurrence of Chlorospatha portillae Croat & L.P.Hannon (Croat, T 98667) was collected on September 16, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 11 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Record Number

Croat, T 98667

Collection Date

September 16, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Terrestrial on steep rocky slope among rocks; stems horizontal; internodes short 1-1.5 cm diam.; petioles terete, medium green semiglossy, spongy fusely striate near apex, obtusely flat-sulcate near apex; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below; major veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler and semiglossy below; teritary veins producing a reticulate pattern below; inflorescences 4 per axil; peduncle pale green, 2 mm diam.; spathe medium green and weakly glossy outside on tube, the blade pale green, prominently reflexed, the inner surface even paler green; spadix 4.1 cm long, female spadix pale yellow-green, 3.5 mm diam., constricted part 1 mm diam; male spadix pale yellow 2.5 mm diam., 2.9 mm long.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Chlorospatha

Specific Epithet

portillae

Authorship

Croat & L.P.Hannon

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.9

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

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

3.5

Global rank

#5,953 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

36%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →