Humiriastrum mapiriense Cuatrec. belongs to the Humiriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Humiriaceae
Genus
Humiriastrum
Specific Epithet
mapiriense
Authorship
Cuatrec.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#224,209 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
6%
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
Notes
Tree 10 m tall, with dense, compact crown of leaves. Fruits borne at outer edge of crown, just above the leaves. Fruits irregularly globose, green suffused dark reddish, with very hard stony endocarp.