Cybianthus marginatus, Neill 15994--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Res.Tapichalaca. Qb. Honda. 25 Sep 07. 132 (20).jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, Palanda (Palanda Canton)
-4.489722, -79.136389
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, east of road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed, near beginning of mule trail to Quebrada Honda. Exposed ridge with very dense, dwarf montane forest and low dense montane scrub. 2250 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub or small tree 4 m tall. Leaves stiff, with wine-red margins. Fruits elliptic, wine-red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Cybianthus
Specific Epithet
marginatus
Authorship
(Benth.) Pipoly
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#260,914 of 335,497
Top 78%
Extinction probability
6%
