Xanthosoma, Croat 95954--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 068 (4).jpg
Native to Colombia, 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
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Xanthosoma
Specific Epithet
dodsonii
Authorship
Croat
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%
