Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

October 23, 2007

Location

Peru, Cusco (Machu Picchu)

-13.168611, -72.543611

Location Remarks

Cusco Calca Abra de Chayna Puerto

Collectors

No collectors specified

Vasquez, Ro 31472

October 12, 2006

Location

Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)

-10.337778, -75.251944

Location Remarks

Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.

Collectors

Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo

Notes

Bosque remanente en borde de quebrada. Arbusto 3 m, flores rojas, lóbulos amarillentos verdosos.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Cavendishia

Specific Epithet

bracteata

Authorship

(Ruiz & Pav. ex A.St.-Hil.) Hoerold

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#294,077 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →