Chlorospatha longipoda (K. Krause) Madison belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Chlorospatha plowmanii, Croat93580--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 059.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Chlorospatha
Specific Epithet
longipoda
Authorship
(K. Krause) Madison
8/17/2005
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes 1.5-2.0 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam., pale yellow-green, matte with fragments of petiole fibers persisting; petioles dark green, matte, 5 mm diam., bluntly flattened adaxially, sulcate toward apex; blades thin, dark green and matte-subvelvety, paler and matte below; major veins sunken and concolorous above, bluntly acute and darker below; midrib narrowly round-raised and matte, darker below; tertiary veins weakly raised below; inflorescences 2-5 per axil; peduncle 1.5 mm diam., medium green, matte; spathe tube 3.5 mm diam., medium green, matte; blade creamy white; female flowers greenish cream; male spadix creamy white.
