Native to Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Azuay
-2.783056, -79.223889
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cajas, Laguna Toreadora. 3945 m elev.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xavier Clavijo
Notes
Hierba urticante, corola rojo-anaranjada.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cornales
Family
Loasaceae
Genus
Nasa
Specific Epithet
loxensis
Authorship
(Kunth) Weigend
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#42,751 of 335,497
Top 13%
Extinction probability
13%