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
Family
Meliaceae
Genus
Guarea
Specific Epithet
riparia
Authorship
W.Palacios
9/14/2007
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.
