Neill, D 15863

Clusia dixonii Little

September 18, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Clusia dixonii Little (Neill, D 15863) was collected on September 18, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 42 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Neill, D 15863

Collection Date

September 18, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

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

Remarks

Hemi-eiphytic tree, eventually becoming established as a free-standing tree, 15 m tall, 30 cm DBH. Leaves very thick and fleshy. Cut stems exude creamy, sticky latex. Petals bright red at apex, fading to ivory-white at base. Stigmas white at anthesis, covered with thick, sticky resin. Staminal area below stigmas yellow, also covered with sticky resin. Immature fruit green with persistent black stigmas. Probably a functionally dioecious, pistillate plant.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Clusiaceae

Genus

Clusia

Specific Epithet

dixonii

Authorship

Little

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

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

0.2

Global rank

#191,404 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →