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

Shrub 2.5 m tall; flowers greenish; fruits pale orange to orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Siparunaceae

Genus

Siparuna

Specific Epithet

schimpffii

Authorship

Diels

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 21.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.3

Global rank

#11,812 of 335,497

Top 4%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →