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Taxon

Palicourea ovalis Standl.

Protologue Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 7: 144. 1930BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (251).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (251).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (253).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (253).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (254).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (254).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (258).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (258).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (257).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (257).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (249).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (249).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (250).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (250).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (256).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (256).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (252).JPG

Palicourea, Ulloa, C 2270--Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. San Francisco. 28 Sep 2012. DSC05248 (252).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Ulloa, C 2270

May 1, 2015

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)

-3.973694, -79.077333

Location Remarks

Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.

Collectors

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xavier Clavijo

Notes

Arbolito 3-4 m, ejes morado-lila, cáliz morado. Corola azul-celeste.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Palicourea

Specific Epithet

ovalis

Authorship

Standl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#291,382 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →