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
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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.