Glossoloma sprucei, Croat94402--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Res. Guaycuyacu. 10 Feb 05. 297.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall; petioles red-violet; corolla yellow; lobes with purple-violet streaks on each lobe, also in throat.
Location
Ecuador, Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo Canton)
1.078611, -78.666667
Location Remarks
Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial; calyx lobes pinnatifid in slender golden segments; flowers yellow.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Glossoloma
Specific Epithet
sprucei
Authorship
(Kuntze) J.L.Clark
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
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
#217,777 of 335,497
Top 65%
Extinction probability
11%
