Bonnettia paniculata, DNeill15788--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 307.jpg
Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Canopy tree to 25 m tall, 30 cm DBH. Old, dried capsules dark brown.
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 primario sobre suelo de arenisca. Árbol 12 m, frutos marrones.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-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
Notes
Tree to 15 m tall, 25 cm DBH. Very common on mixed sand-clay soil at this site. Sympodial branching. Corolla light lemon-yellow to white. Anthers yellow. Ovary green. Old fruits brown.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Bonnetiaceae
Genus
Bonnetia
Specific Epithet
paniculata
Authorship
Spruce ex Benth.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#262,093 of 335,497
Top 79%
Extinction probability
6%
