Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Azores, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Canary Is., China Southeast, Cuba, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Galápagos, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Madeira, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Sri Lanka (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Croat, T 93269

August 11, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Pichincha

0.021944, -78.746944

Location Remarks

Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Upright growing in gravely-sand by run off along road; flowers yellow; stems purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Calceolariaceae

Genus

Calceolaria

Specific Epithet

tripartita

Authorship

Ruiz & Pav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#197,649 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →