Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Lanky, laxly-temmed herb, sprawling over low disturbed vegetation along roadside. Flowers and bracts white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Genus

Colignonia

Specific Epithet

scandens

Authorship

Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

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

0.2

Global rank

#183,270 of 335,497

Top 55%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →