Tovomita, DNeill15784--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orquideas. 16 Sep 07. 363.jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe
Notes
Large canopy tree 25 m tall, 30 cm DBH. Clear resin in trunk and twig bark; not latex. Leaves very thick and fleshy. Fruits green, globose, borne on branches. This species is locally common on the sandstone plateau.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Clusiaceae
Genus
Dystovomita
Specific Epithet
paniculata
Authorship
(Donn.Sm.) Hammel
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#245,263 of 335,497
Top 74%
Extinction probability
6%
