Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 047.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 051.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 044.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 046.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 049.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 050.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 045.jpg
Cuphea racemosa, Croat94935--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. El Chical-Tulcan. 19 Feb 05. 048.jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela; introduced into Galápagos (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
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
In running water, roadside vegetation.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Cuphea
Specific Epithet
racemosa
Authorship
(L.fil.) Spreng.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 9.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#59,745 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
9%
