Columnea ericae Mansf. belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Columnea, Croat98854--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Rio Wawaime V. V d Quime. 20 Sep 07. 086.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Columnea
Specific Epithet
ericae
Authorship
Mansf.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#266,178 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
10%
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.
