Philodendron attenuatum Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Philodendron attenuatum, Croat98778--Ecuador. Z.C. Margin of Rio Nangaritza. 17 Sep 07. 332.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
attenuatum
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 27.5
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.5
Global rank
#10,310 of 335,497
Top 4%
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; cataphylls unribbed, medium-green, finely speckled, deciduous; internodes 2-4 cm long, 2.0-2.5 cm diam, 1-1.2 cm diam., medium-green soon gray-brown; petioles terete, spongy, densely short, dark-lineate, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and bicolorous; midrib flattened-convex and concolorous above, broadly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely quilted, thickly convex and paler below; minor veins fine, moderately distinct; inflorescences 1-3 per axil; spathe green tinged violet-purple on tube outside, dark violet-purple on tube inside.
