Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (8).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (12).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (11).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (10).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (1).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (13).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (14).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (2).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (4).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96381--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Pacto-Pto. Quito Rd.. 25 Mar 06. 133 (7).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357 (4).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357 (2).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357 (1).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357 (5).jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357.jpg
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Croat 96521--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. BellaVista private reserve. 27 Mar 06. 357 (6).jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic creeper; flowers long pendent, white to pale pink.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte with pendent branches, growing st the base of a small tree. Flowers red, pendent.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Sphyrospermum
Specific Epithet
buxifolium
Authorship
Poepp. & Endl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
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
#204,813 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
9%
