Stenospermation zeacarpium Madison belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Stenospermation zeacarpium, Croat98717--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 189.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Stenospermation
Specific Epithet
zeacarpium
Authorship
Madison
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.4
Global rank
#26,240 of 335,497
Top 8%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Epiphyte; internodes short, 7 mm diam., darkly green, weakly glossy; petioles sheathed throughout, sheath incurled; geniculum narrowly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above above, pale and glossy below; midrib more or less etched and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins scarcely visible on either surface; inflorescence cernuous; spadix creamy white, 5.3 cm long, 13.5 mm diam., bluntly beaked at apex; spathe brown persisting.
Location
Ecuador, Napo
-0.096111, -77.816667
Location Remarks
Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial on steep rocky area; internodes 1-2 cm long, medium to dark green, moderately glossy, 1.5 cm diam.; petioles erect-spreading, sheathed 2/3 to nearly throughout, mostly 1.5-2.0 cm from base of blade, sheath erect-incurled, rounded at apex, free part acutely sulcate; blades moderately coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obscure on both surfaces; inflorescence cernuous, 4 mm, medium green, semiglossy; spathe brown, persisting on spadix, loosely fitting and seemingly unopened; spadix creamy white to faintly greenish, 6.2 cm long, 1.2 cm diam., narrowly rounded at apex.
