Neill, D 15849

Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer

September 17, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer (Neill, D 15849) was collected on September 17, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 25 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Krukoviella, DNeill15849--Ecuador. Prv. Zam. Ch. C. del Condor. Silica mine, Las Orq. 17 Sep 07. 488.jpg

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Record Number

Neill, D 15849

Collection Date

September 17, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe

Remarks

High-climbing liana with stem adhering to host tree trunk, and foliage conmingled with foliage of the host, so appearing at first sight that the host tree is flowering and not the liana. Flowers bright yellow, very showy. Leaves strongly bullate between secondary veins.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Ochnaceae

Genus

Krukoviella

Specific Epithet

disticha

Authorship

(Tiegh.) Dwyer

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#81,079 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →