Taxon

Philodendron sparreorum Croat

Philodendron sparreorum Croat belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Philodendron sparreorum, Croat93291--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia.13 Aug 04. 013.jpg

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Occurrences

Croat, T 93291

8/9/2004

Location

Ecuador, Bolivar

-1.456944, -79.227500

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Echiandia, along road between Echiandia and Santa Lucia; 2.7 km W of Santa Lucia. 851 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes much longer than broad, gray and weakly glossy; petioles terete and weakly glossy, finely ribbed, broadly sulcate toward base, dark green; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and moderately bicolorous; midrib broadly sunken and pale above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; inflorescences 5-6 per axil; peduncle pale green; spathe medium green on tube, pale orange on blade outside (eventually red-orange throughout), pale green inside, whitish on blade inside; female spadix pale green.

Classification

Family

Araceae

Genus

Philodendron

Specific Epithet

sparreorum

Authorship

Croat

Croat, T 93291

8/9/2004

Location

Ecuador, Bolivar

-1.456944, -79.227500

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Echiandia, along road between Echiandia and Santa Lucia; 2.7 km W of Santa Lucia. 851 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes much longer than broad, gray and weakly glossy; petioles terete and weakly glossy, finely ribbed, broadly sulcate toward base, dark green; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and moderately bicolorous; midrib broadly sunken and pale above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; inflorescences 5-6 per axil; peduncle pale green; spathe medium green on tube, pale orange on blade outside (eventually red-orange throughout), pale green inside, whitish on blade inside; female spadix pale green.