Fuchsia steyermarkii, D. Neill 16007--Ecuador.Prov.ZamoraC.ResTapichalacaQueb.Onda25Sep2007 246.jpg
Endemic to Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda (Palanda Canton)
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
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
Shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaf margins revolute. Calyx and corolla bright red. Local endemic. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Fuchsia
Specific Epithet
steyermarkii
Authorship
P.E.Berry
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.4
Global rank
#10,626 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
24%
