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Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios (Canton Caluma)
-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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Chlorospatha
Specific Epithet
ilensis
Authorship
Madison
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%
