Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 080.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 085.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 082.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 084.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 081.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 083.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat93546--Ecuador. Prov. Sucumbio. Jct w rd to San Rafael Falls. 18 Aug 04. 079.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat94376--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 062.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat94376--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 049.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat94376--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 061.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat94376--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 050.jpg
Klaprothia mentzelioides, Croat94376--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 9 Feb 05. 046.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Ecuador, Sucumbios (Ipiales)
0.399167, -77.346944
Location Remarks
Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Clinging vine; flowers white; fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cornales
Family
Loasaceae
Genus
Klaprothia
Specific Epithet
mentzelioides
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#76,546 of 335,497
Top 23%
Extinction probability
10%
