Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Neill, D 15703

September 15, 2007

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)

-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 1.5 m tall. Inflorescence erect. Bracts green. Corolla bright red. Staminal filaments bright yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Pachystachys

Specific Epithet

spicata

Authorship

(Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

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

0.0

Global rank

#315,571 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →