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demissa

Taxon

Palicourea demissa Standl.

Protologue Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 7: 128. 1930BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 063.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 064.jpg

Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 064.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 096.jpg

Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 067.jpg

Palicourea, Croat94609--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Reserva Bellavista. 14 Feb 05. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela (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

Croat, T 94609

February 14, 2005

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

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Shrub 1.5 m tall; fruits green to purple. ID is provisional, i.e., "cf."

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Palicourea

Specific Epithet

demissa

Authorship

Standl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#240,156 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →