Begonia, Croat94737--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 236.jpg
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Begonia, Croat94737--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 237.jpg
Begonia, Croat94737--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 235.jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (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
1 m tall; flowers red-orange.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia
Specific Epithet
urticae
Authorship
L.fil.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
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
#142,743 of 335,497
Top 43%
Extinction probability
11%
