Begonia, DNeill15774--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 445.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-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
Scandent herb, in shaded forest understory. Flowers white. Fruits pale green.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Berriozabal)
17.015, -93.31
Location Remarks
Vista Hermosa (La antena). Bosque tropical perennifolio.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
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
Vine; hemiepiphyte.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia
Specific Epithet
glabra
Authorship
Aubl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#313,851 of 335,497
Top 94%
Extinction probability
9%
