Stenospermation arborescens Madison belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Stenospermation arborescens, Croat99118--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Sanstone tepui, Cd del Condor. 23 Sep 07. 060.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Stenospermation
Specific Epithet
arborescens
Authorship
Madison
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
6.2
Global rank
#2,193 of 335,497
Top 0.7%
Extinction probability
47%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial 2 m tall; internodes short 2 cm diam.; petioles terete, sulcate near apex; blades coriaceous, dark green, matte-subvelvety above, slightly paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly sunken, scarcely discolorous marginally; primary lateral veins obscure on both surfaces. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial 2 m tall; internodes short 2 cm diam.; petioles terete, sulcate near apex; blades coriaceous, dark green, matte-subvelvety above, slightly paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly sunken, scarcely discolorous marginally; primary lateral veins obscure on both surfaces. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.
