Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Terrestrial herb, prostrate on ground. Flowers white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Spermacoce

Specific Epithet

latifolia

Authorship

Aubl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

#213,513 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K.Schum.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy