Blakea spruceana, Croat93538--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. 47.2 km E of Baeza. 18 Aug 04. 004.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Napo (El Chaco Canton)
-0.096111, -77.816667
Location Remarks
Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Epiphytic shrub 4 m tall; flowers pinkish, denser on margins, magenta in bud.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Blakea
Specific Epithet
spruceana
Authorship
Cogn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#272,869 of 335,497
Top 82%
Extinction probability
6%
