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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
sparreorum
Authorship
Croat
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 21.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.8
Global rank
#18,243 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
10%
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.
