Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Monolena
Specific Epithet
primuliflora
Authorship
Hook.fil.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#98,022 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
12%