Columnea ericae Mansf. belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Croat T.B., et al. 98854

September 20, 2007

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe

-3.973694, -79.077333

Location Remarks

Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Epiphyte; blades dark violet-purple below; corolla yellow, streaked with dark violet-purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

Genus

Columnea

Specific Epithet

ericae

Authorship

Mansf.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

0.1

Global rank

#266,178 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →