Cybianthus, DNeill15701--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Rio Nangaritza ca Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 106.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Riparian shrub to 1.5 m tall, very abundant locally on rocky river-bank. Flowers cream to pale pinkish. Fruits globose, fleshy, bright glossy red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Ardisia
Specific Epithet
guianensis
Authorship
(Aubl.) Mez
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 10.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#88,649 of 335,497
Top 27%
Extinction probability
6%
