Peperomia gleicheniiformis, Croat 94774--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05.041 (7).jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Creeping in moss; blades bicolorous, tinged violet-purple on both sides of midrib in a row.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
gleicheniiformis
Authorship
Trel.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#149,485 of 335,497
Top 45%
Extinction probability
10%
