Spirotheca, DNeill15855--Ecuad. Zam. Ch. C. del Condor. Las Orq. 18 Sep 07. 413.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)
-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 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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Spirotheca
Specific Epithet
rosea
Authorship
(Seem.) P.E.Gibbs & W.S.Alverson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#294,637 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
6%
