Escallonia myrtoidea Bertero ex DC. belongs to the Escalloniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Escallonia, W. D. Stevens 34116--Chile. Antuco. 18 Feb 2013. DSC01634 (71).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Escalloniales
Family
Escalloniaceae
Genus
Escallonia
Specific Epithet
myrtoidea
Authorship
Bertero ex DC.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
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
#285,502 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio
-37.313333, -71.589444
Location Remarks
Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Tree 4 m tall, corolla dull white.
