Begonia urticae L.fil. belongs to the Begoniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat, T 94737

February 15, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Begoniaceae

Genus

Begonia

Specific Epithet

urticae

Authorship

L.fil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#142,743 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →