Cinchona, DNeill15740--Ecuador. Prov. Zamora Ch. Silica Mine, Las Orquideas. 15 Sep 07. 512.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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 8 m tall, 15 cm DBH. Senescent leaves turn bright red before falling. Stems with reddish-brown pubescence. Calyx pale greenish-cream. Corolla pale pink with white hairs on inside of corolla lobes. Immature fruits pale green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Cinchona
Specific Epithet
villosa
Authorship
Pav. ex Lindl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
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
#273,191 of 335,497
Top 82%
Extinction probability
10%
