Nasa peltiphylla, Croat94749--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Rd Tulcan to El Chical. 16 Feb 05. 154.jpg
Native to Colombia, Ecuador (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 m tall; flowers pendent, greenish yellow; fruits green, tinged with orange. Stinger.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cornales
Family
Loasaceae
Genus
Nasa
Specific Epithet
peltiphylla
Authorship
(Weigend) Weigend
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#55,114 of 335,497
Top 17%
Extinction probability
10%
