Kohleria spicata, Croat94769--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 003.jpg
Kohleria spicata, Croat94769--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 009.jpg
Kohleria spicata, Croat94769--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 005.jpg
Kohleria spicata, Croat94769--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 006.jpg
Kohleria spicata, Croat94769--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical, twd El Carmen. 17 Feb 05. 004.jpg
Native to Belize, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (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
Less than 1 m tall; flowers red with yellowish throat.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Kohleria
Specific Epithet
spicata
Authorship
(Kunth) Oerst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#218,738 of 335,497
Top 66%
Extinction probability
10%
