Stenospermation arborescens, Croat99118--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Sanstone tepui, Cd del Condor. 23 Sep 07. 060.jpg
Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-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 (Zamora Canton)
-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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Stenospermation
Specific Epithet
arborescens
Authorship
Madison
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%
