Croat, T 96349

Anthurium incomptum Madison

March 24, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Anthurium incomptum Madison (Croat, T 96349) was collected on March 24, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 21 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Anthurium incomptum, Croat 96349--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 028 (7).jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 96349

Collection Date

March 24, 2006 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Terrestrial on road bank in shade; internodes 4.0-4.5 cm long, 2.8-3.6 cm diam., dark green, weakly glossy; cataphylls 19 cm long, tinged purplish and spotted, marcescent, soon deciduous; petioles 35-40 cm long, obtusely to acutely flattened adaxially, 7 mm diam., medium green, weakly glossy, sparcely speckled with red-purple; blades 45-50 cm long, 20-23.7 cm wide, subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib bluntly angular and slightly paler, acute toward apex above, narrowly rounded and maroon below; primary lateral veins 7-10 pairs, sunken-quilted and concolorous above, convex and pleated below; tertiary veins moderately obscure; inflorescence erect-spreading; peduncle 0-51 cm long, 7 mm diam., colored like petioles; spathe erect, hooding, pale green, glossy, spotted red-purple, erect hooding, 9.7-10.2 cm long, 6.7-7.2 cm wide, enshrouding spadix; spadix greenish yellow-brown, weakly glossy, sessile 10.8 cm long, 1.3 cm diam. at base, 1.1 cm diam. 1 cm from tip, becoming greenish from post-anthesis with prominently exserted green pistils; berries yellow with green tip, 10-11 mm long, 5-6 mm diam., emerging before fully mature.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Anthurium

Specific Epithet

incomptum

Authorship

Madison

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.3

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

0.8

Global rank

#60,623 of 335,497

Top 19%

Extinction probability

11%