Philodendron balaoanum Engl. (1899:542)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Benavides & Pitman, 2003) or rediscovered (in the wild?) (cf. Mora & Croat, 2016:161)
Last record: 1891 (Benavides & Pitman, 2003)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
According to Benavides & Pitman (2003) this species is known only from the type collection in Guayas province and is possibly extinct, although many online ads for the species can be found, and a recent paper (Mora & Croat, 2016) lists its distribution as encompassing a much broader area including Manabí and Los Ríos provinces, suggesting that the species has been rediscovered or rediscovered in the wild.
Distribution
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Benavides, G. and Pitman, N. (2003). Philodendron balaoanum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T42994A10764820. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T42994A10764820.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.
Govaerts, R. and Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mora, M. Marcela and Croat, Thomas B. (2016). Philodendron fibraecataphyllum (Araceae), a new species from the lowlands in Western Colombia and Ecuador. Phytotaxa 252(2): 159-162. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.252.2.10
Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P. M. (eds). (2000). Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.