Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 203.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 201.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 199.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 202.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 198.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 204.jpg
Columnea minor, Croat94778--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 200.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
Vine; calyx highly-branched purplish violet; corolla purple with orange tips on rim.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Columnea
Specific Epithet
minor
Authorship
(Hook.) Hanst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.2
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
#248,740 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
11%
