Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Cybianthus magnus
subsp. asymmetricus
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Cybianthus magnus subsp. asymmetricus
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Small tree 6 m tall. Leaves with light brown pubescence. Fruits light brown.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
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
Small tree 5 m tall. Leaves fleshy, with reddish margins. Flowers yellow-green. Mature fruits dark red to nearly black, globose, fleshy.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Cybianthus
Specific Epithet
magnus
Authorship
(Mez) Pipoly
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#210,237 of 335,497
Top 63%
Extinction probability
10%