Purdiaea nutans, DNeill15947--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Sanstone tepui, Cd del Condor. 23 Sep 07. 078.jpg
Purdiaea nutans Planch. belongs to the Clethraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Clethraceae
Genus
Purdiaea
Specific Epithet
nutans
Authorship
Planch.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#215,677 of 335,497
Top 65%
Extinction probability
5%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub ca. 1.5 m. Flowers pink, androecium yellow. Most flowers have been chewed up by insects.
