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Native to Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
0.977222, -78.198056
Location Remarks
Herbario Nacional, Quito
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Parasitic shrub; flowers greenish white; fruits purplish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Peristethium
Specific Epithet
attenuatum
Authorship
Kuijt
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#182,246 of 335,497
Top 55%
Extinction probability
10%
