Columnea rubriacuta, Croat95134--Ecuador. Prov. Esmeraldas. Alto Tambo. 21 Feb 05. 200.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo Canton)
1.078611, -78.666667
Location Remarks
Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Climbing epiphyte; bracts yellowish tipped with violet-purple; corolla yellow with red lobes; blades violet-purple below, tip of blade maroon on upper surface.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Columnea
Specific Epithet
rubriacuta
Authorship
(Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#255,017 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
11%
