Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Bosque esclerofilo, sobre suelo de arenisca. Arbusto 0.60 m, flores verdes.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Myrsine
Specific Epithet
dependens
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#312,446 of 335,497
Top 94%
Extinction probability
6%