Desfontainea spinosa, Croat94747--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 270.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
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
1.5 m tall; tube red-orange; corolla lobes yellow-green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Bruniales
Family
Columelliaceae
Genus
Desfontainia
Specific Epithet
splendens
Authorship
Bonpl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#31,762 of 335,497
Top 10%
Extinction probability
11%
