Xanthosoma, Croat 96436--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 527 (4).jpg
Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial 1.0-1.5 m tall; petioles sheathed to above middle, medium green, semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; major veins sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly rounded and paler below; spathe tube greenish outside, tinged purple on open side, dark purple within; spathe blade white; female spadix orange.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Xanthosoma
Specific Epithet
asplundii
Authorship
Croat & Delannay
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 15.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
3.7
Global rank
#5,412 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
40%
