Macrocarpaea, not coll.--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Res.Tapichalaca. Roadside. 25 Sep 07. 119.jpg
Native to Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda (Palanda Canton)
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Lanky-stemmed shrub 2 m tall. Corolla greenish-yellow.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Macrocarpaea
Specific Epithet
micrantha
Authorship
Gilg
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
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
#275,290 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
11%
