Notopleura congesta, Croat93590--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 074.jpg
Notopleura congesta, Croat93590--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 069.jpg
Notopleura congesta, Croat93590--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 068.jpg
Notopleura congesta, Croat93590--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 070.jpg
Notopleura congesta, Croat93590--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct to La Bonita, E of Lumbaque. 18 Aug 05. 072.jpg
Native to Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios (Ipiales)
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Shrub less than 1 m tall; fruits red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Notopleura
Specific Epithet
acuta
Authorship
C.M.Taylor
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#132,346 of 335,497
Top 40%
Extinction probability
11%
