Guarea riparia W.Palacios belongs to the Meliaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Guarea riparia, DNeill15700--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Rio Nangaritza ca Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 161.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Meliaceae
Genus
Guarea
Specific Epithet
riparia
Authorship
W.Palacios
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#149,866 of 335,497
Top 45%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall, with flexible stems; a rheophyte on riverbank rocks that is submerged during periodic flooding. Corolla and staminal tube cream to pale yellowish. Fruits dark reddish-brown, tuberculate.
