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Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios, Babahoyo (El Pangui Canton)
-3.566389, -78.441389
Location Remarks
Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Xavier Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Epiphytic creeper; blades succulent; spikes erect, green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
ciliaris
Authorship
C.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#120,484 of 335,497
Top 36%
Extinction probability
11%
