Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 018.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 021.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 025.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 023.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 022.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 026.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 016.jpg
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Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 019.jpg
Macrocarpaea sodiroana, Croat94939--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 017.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
To 2 m tall; flowers pale yellow-green. Formerly M. sodiroana.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Macrocarpaea
Specific Epithet
umbellata
Authorship
Weaver & J.R.Grant
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#278,016 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
11%
