Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Guinea, Panamá, Peru, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Ulloa, C 2091

June 5, 2011

Location

Ecuador, Chimborazo

-1.496667, -78.865278

Location Remarks

Reserva de Producción Faunística Chimborazo, entrada por la carretera Ambato-Guaranda, Arenal del Volcán Chimborazo. 4457 m elev.

Collectors

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Katya Romoleroux, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal, Jorge Caranqui

Notes

Arbusto escandente.

Croat, T 95041

February 19, 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

Sprawling shrub to less 1 m tall; flowers purplish; berries dark purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Coriariaceae

Genus

Coriaria

Specific Epithet

ruscifolia

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.8

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

0.6

Global rank

#73,608 of 335,497

Top 22%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →