Chlorospatha ilensis Madison belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Chlorospatha ilensis, Croat 96085--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 233 (1).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Chlorospatha
Specific Epithet
ilensis
Authorship
Madison
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.5
Global rank
#10,174 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
23%
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short, 3 cm diam; petioles purplish, terete, somewhat spongy, finely striate, sheathed to below middle; blades thin, weakly glossy on both surfaces; midrib sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and paler below; primary lateral veins weakly etched and concolorous above, bluntly acute below; inflorescence erect; spathe tube medium green and matte outside, glossy inside; spathe blade white to pale green and matte outside, semiglossy inside; female flowers pale green; male spadix white.
