Atacazo Peperomia (Peperomia micromerioides)
The Atacazo Peperomia is known from a single collection that was purchased on the Atacazo volcano near the city of Quito in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
The species was never seen since and might be extinct.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Tag Archives: Pichincha Province
Carex lepida Boott
Lovely Sedge (Carex lepida)
The Lovely Sedge is known only from a single population that was recorded more than 100 years ago on the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano in Ecuador.
The species was never found since and is very likely extinct.
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edited: 21.09.2020
Peperomia pichinchae C. DC.
Pichincha Peperomia (Peperomia pichinchae)
The Pichincha Peperomia was found growing along the streams on the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
The species was apparently not found in recent decades and is considered possibly extinct, yet it could also exist in nearby areas, however, I unfortunately could not find out anything about it so far.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Manettia nebulosa Benoist
Nebulose Manettia (Manettia nebulosa)
The Nebulose Manettia was collected in 1931 on the western slopes of the Volcán Pichincha in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador.
Thwe species is apparently extinct now.
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edited: 03.09.2020
Peperomia tablahuasiana C. DC.
Tablahuasi Peperomia (Peperomia tablahuasiana)
The Tablahuasi Peperomia was found more then 100 years ago at a place named Tablahuasi on the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
The species was not seen since and is probably extinct.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Matelea ecuadorensis (Schltr.) Morillo
Ecuadorian Matelea (Matelea ecuadorensis)
The Ecuadorian Matelea is apparently known only from the type material which was collected sometimes in the 19th century somewhere near the city of Quito in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador.
The species was never recorded since and might be extinct.
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edited: 28.04.2021
Euphorbia quitensis Boiss.
Quito Spurge (Euphorbia quitensis)
The Quito Spurge is known only from two collections, the first one from 1862 and the other one from 1887, the species was found in mountain forests at elevations of 2500 to 3000 m on the western slopes of the Andes.
The species was never recorded since and is very likely already extinct.
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edited: 21.01.2019
Miconia longisetosa Wurdack
Long-bristled Miconia (Miconia longisetosa)
The Long-bristled Miconia is known exclusively from the type material that was collected in 1886 on the western slopes of the Pichincha volcano in the Pichncha Province of Ecuador.
The species was never recorded again and is feared to be extinct.
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edited: 28.01.2020
Peperomia petraea C. DC.
Rock-dwelling Peperomia (Peperomia petraea)
The Rock-dwelling Peperomia is known only by the type material that was collected in the 19th century along the Río Huambi near the town of Puembo, a rural parish in the Metropolitan District of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador.
The area has lost almost all of its native vegetation and this species very likely is extinct.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Piper platylobum Sodiro
Many-lobed Pepper Treelet (Piper platylobum)
This species was restricted to mountain forest at the western slopes of the Andes in the province Pichincha, Ecuador, where it was found at elevations between 1000 and 1600 m.
The species is known exclusively from a single collection from the year 1898 and is most likely already extinct.
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edited: 27.11.2018
Peperomia pululaguana C. DC.
Pululahua Peperomia (Peperomia pululaguana)
The Pululahua Peperomia is known from only two populations, which both were last recorded more then 100 years ago, one on the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano and the other one on the slopes of the Pululahua Volcano both in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
The species apparently was not found in recent decades and might be extinct.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Peperomia stenostachya C. DC.
Thick-spined Peperomia (Peperomia stenostachya)
This species known from a single collection purchased at the flanks of the Pichincha Volcano in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
The species was apparently not found since and might now be extinct.
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edited: 20.09.2020
Miconia benoistii Wurdack
Benoist’s Miconia (Miconia benoistii)
This species is known from the type material that was collected in 1930 at the base of the Pichincha volcano in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador, however, an exact locality seems not to be known.
The species was never recorded since and might be extinct.
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edited: 28.01.2020
Piper clathratum C. DC.
Latticed Pepper Tree (Piper clathratum)
This species was restricted to the slopes of the Pichincha volcano in the province of Pichincha in Ecuador, it appears to be known exclusively from material that was collected about one century ago.
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edited: 27.11.2018
Piper gualeanum C. DC.
Gualea Pepper Tree (Piper gualeanum)
This species is known exclusively from material that was collected about a century ago in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador.
The Gualea Pepper Tree is one of only 10 species in its genus that bears peltate leaves.
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edited: 27.11.2018