Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Paucartambo (Manu District)
-12.876389, -71.408889
Location Remarks
Distrito Kosñipata. Quebrada Piñi Piñi. Bosque secundario en una trocha de extracción de madera.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Jim Farfán Vargas, Efraín Suclli, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Arbusto 2 m; flores blancas; frutos verdes.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Myrteola
Specific Epithet
nummularia
Authorship
(Poir.) O.Berg
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 9.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#109,332 of 335,497
Top 33%
Extinction probability
5%