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

Terrestrial herb at edge of forest above river bank. Locally common. Corolla white. Anthers yellow. Fruits green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Genus

Urceolina

Specific Epithet

formosa

Authorship

(Meerow) Christenh. & Byng

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#272,390 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Eucharis formosa Meerow

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy