Heppiella ulmifolia, Croat94746--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 259.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial less than 1 m tall; branches sprawling; flowers red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Heppiella
Specific Epithet
ulmifolia
Authorship
(Kunth) Hanst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.3
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
#240,172 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
10%
