Krukoviella, DNeill15849--Ecuador. Prv. Zam. Ch. C. del Condor. Silica mine, Las Orq. 17 Sep 07. 488.jpg
Native to Brazil North, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
High-climbing liana with stem adhering to host tree trunk, and foliage conmingled with foliage of the host, so appearing at first sight that the host tree is flowering and not the liana. Flowers bright yellow, very showy. Leaves strongly bullate between secondary veins.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Ochnaceae
Genus
Krukoviella
Specific Epithet
disticha
Authorship
(Tiegh.) Dwyer
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#81,079 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
10%
