DNeill15960--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Sanstone tepui, Cd del Condor. 23 Sep 07. 379.jpg
Cybianthus magnus (Mez) Pipoly belongs to the Primulaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
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%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-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.
