Croat, T 98842

Philodendron deflexum Poepp. ex Schott

September 18, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Philodendron deflexum Poepp. ex Schott (Croat, T 98842) was collected on September 18, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 26 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Croat, T 98842

Collection Date

September 18, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte at 4 m; internodes short 3.5-4.5 cm diam.; cataphylls unribbed, pale green, deciduous; petioles terete medium green, dark green short-lineate, spongy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib flattened and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly convex and paler below; minor veins visible; inflorescences 2 per axil; peduncle medium green, abruptly delimited from spathe; spathe medium green and semiglossy outside, white and glossy inside, maroon in tube; female spadix creamy white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

deflexum

Authorship

Poepp. ex Schott

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 26.1

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

5.6

Global rank

#2,688 of 335,497

Top 0.9%

Extinction probability

29%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →