Begonia consobrina Irmsch. belongs to the Begoniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat, T 93552

August 17, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Sucumbios

0.399167, -77.346944

Location Remarks

Above road from Lumbaqui to La Bonita, departing main Baeza-Lago Agrio road, just E of Río Aguarico bridge E of Lumbaqui, 5.8 km NW of jct. with main highway.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial; fruits red-purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Begoniaceae

Genus

Begonia

Specific Epithet

consobrina

Authorship

Irmsch.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.2

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

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#124,092 of 335,497

Top 37%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →