Ternstroemia circumscissilis, DNeill15840--Ecuador. Prv. Zam. Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orq. 18 Sep 07. 206.jpg
Ternstroemia circumscissilis Kobuski belongs to the Pentaphylacaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Pentaphylacaceae
Genus
Ternstroemia
Specific Epithet
circumscissilis
Authorship
Kobuski
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#247,674 of 335,497
Top 74%
Extinction probability
11%
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
Tree 15 m tall, forming part of forest canopy. Leaves rather thick and fleshy. Flowers all oriented downwards. Corolla at anthesis ivory-white to pale yellowish.
