Euphorbia, Croat93504--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 043.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Napo (El Chaco Canton)
-0.096111, -77.816667
Location Remarks
Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Shrub 2.5 m tall; flowers greenish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Specific Epithet
laurifolia
Authorship
Juss. ex Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#124,389 of 335,497
Top 38%
Extinction probability
6%
