Native to Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil
-2.181667, -80.021389
Location Remarks
Vicinity Guayaquil, Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco, Sendro Buena Vista. 65 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 5 m tall; fruits green to orange.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Erythroxylaceae
Genus
Erythroxylum
Specific Epithet
glaucum
Authorship
O.E.Schulz.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#64,698 of 335,497
Top 20%
Extinction probability
11%