Nasa peltiphylla (Weigend) Weigend belongs to the Loasaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat, T 94749

February 15, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cornales

Family

Loasaceae

Genus

Nasa

Specific Epithet

peltiphylla

Authorship

(Weigend) Weigend

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#55,114 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →