Dacryodes, DNeill15743--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Silica Mine, Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 592.jpg
Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Tree 15 m tall, 25 cm DBH. Common locally on sandstone plateau. Leaflets stiff, brittle and coriaceous, the two rows of leaflets forming an acute angle with respect to the rachis. Immature fruits subglobose, slightly elliptic, pale green, glossy.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Burseraceae
Genus
Dacryodes
Specific Epithet
uruts-kunchae
Authorship
Daly, M.C.Martínez & D.A.Neill
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#30,679 of 335,497
Top 10%
Extinction probability
41%
