Clusia dixonii Little belongs to the Clusiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Clusia, DNeill15863--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime Val. 19 Sep 07. 026.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Clusiaceae
Genus
Clusia
Specific Epithet
dixonii
Authorship
Little
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#191,404 of 335,497
Top 58%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Hemi-eiphytic tree, eventually becoming established as a free-standing tree, 15 m tall, 30 cm DBH. Leaves very thick and fleshy. Cut stems exude creamy, sticky latex. Petals bright red at apex, fading to ivory-white at base. Stigmas white at anthesis, covered with thick, sticky resin. Staminal area below stigmas yellow, also covered with sticky resin. Immature fruit green with persistent black stigmas. Probably a functionally dioecious, pistillate plant.
