Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 052.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 053.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 049.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 055.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 054.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 051.jpg
Besleria quadrangulata, Croat93564--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 050.jpg
Endemic to Ecuador; presence uncertain in Colombia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios (Ipiales)
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
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
1.5 m tall; calyx orange, fruits reddish; corolla yellow.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Besleria
Specific Epithet
quadrangulata
Authorship
L.E.Skog
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#161,884 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
13%
