Croat, T 98717

Stenospermation zeacarpium Madison

September 15, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Stenospermation zeacarpium Madison (Croat, T 98717) was collected on September 15, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Stenospermation zeacarpium, Croat98717--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 189.jpg

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Record Number

Croat, T 98717

Collection Date

September 15, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte; internodes short, 7 mm diam., darkly green, weakly glossy; petioles sheathed throughout, sheath incurled; geniculum narrowly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above above, pale and glossy below; midrib more or less etched and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins scarcely visible on either surface; inflorescence cernuous; spadix creamy white, 5.3 cm long, 13.5 mm diam., bluntly beaked at apex; spathe brown persisting.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Stenospermation

Specific Epithet

zeacarpium

Authorship

Madison

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 14.8

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.4

Global rank

#26,240 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

11%