Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque remanente en borde de quebrada. Árbol 20 m, frutos verdes.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Huerteales
Family
Tapisciaceae
Genus
Huertea
Specific Epithet
glandulosa
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 25.4
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.3
Global rank
#28,529 of 335,497
Top 9%
Extinction probability
6%