Xanthosoma dodsonii Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Xanthosoma, Croat 95954--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 068 (4).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Xanthosoma
Specific Epithet
dodsonii
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#58,510 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
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
3 m tall; trunks to 1.5 m, 10 cm diam.; petiole medium green, minutely speckled, subterete above sheath, obtusely flattened toward apex with obtuse medial rib; blades thin dark green and matte-subvelvety above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib convex and slightly paler toward apex, round-raised and paler below; tertiary veins etched and concolorous above, moderately raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect, 6 per axil; spathe tube medium green and matte outside, glossy and dark purple in lower 2/3 of tube inside; fruit pale green.
