Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034 (4).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034 (3).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034 (5).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034 (6).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034a (4).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034a (5).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034a (6).jpg
Begonia guaduensis, Croat 98897--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora C. Rio Waiwaime Valley. 20 Sep 2007. 034a (3).jpg
Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into Jamaica (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios, Babahoyo (El Pangui Canton)
-3.566389, -78.441389
Location Remarks
Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial 1 m tall; flowers white; fruits green.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios, Babahoyo (El Pangui Canton)
-3.566389, -78.441389
Location Remarks
Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial 1 m tall; flowers white; fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia
Specific Epithet
guaduensis
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#319,414 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
10%
