Philodendron fibrosum Sodiro ex Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Philodendron fibrosum, Croat 95967--Ecuador. Edo. Pichincha. Bosque Nublado Sta. Lucia. 14 Mar 06. 181 (3).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
fibrosum
Authorship
Sodiro ex Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 25.1
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.8
Global rank
#8,431 of 335,497
Top 3%
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
Epiphyte; internodes reddish brown, scurfy, 3.6 cm diam; cataphylls green, densely green-scaly, 38 cm long; petiole terete, brownish, weakly and closely transverse-wrinkled, densely green-scaly; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and slightly paler above, narrowly round-raised, yellow-green, matte and paler below; secondary veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and slightly paler below; minor veins moderately distinct; cross-veins visible; inflorescences 4 per axil; peduncle-like petioles 1.3 cm diam.; spathe brownish.
