Spirotheca rosea (Seem.) P.E. Gibbs & W.S. Alverson belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Spirotheca
Specific Epithet
rosea
Authorship
(Seem.) P.E. Gibbs & W.S. Alverson
9/17/2007
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, W. Quizhpe
Notes
Tree 15 m tall, with aculeate branches. Nearly leafless when flowering. Cupular calyx green. Flowers pale pink or "salmon"-colored at anthesis. Petals at first green in bud, then turning pink before anthesis.