Fuchsia polyantha Killip ex Munz belongs to the Onagraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat, T 94734

February 15, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi

0.802222, -77.929167

Location Remarks

Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

3.5 m tall; flowers orange-red.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Fuchsia

Specific Epithet

polyantha

Authorship

Killip ex Munz

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#48,531 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →