Ayenia sparrei
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ayenia sparrei | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Ayenia |
Species: | A. sparrei
|
Binomial name | |
Ayenia sparrei (Cristóbal) Christenh. & Byng (2018)
| |
Synonyms[2] | |
Byttneria sparrei Cristóbal (1976) |
Ayenia sparrei is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It a shrub found only in Ecuador.[2]
Ayenia sparriei is known only from single location, on the dry slopes along the Río Comunidades, between Vilcabamba and Yangana in the Andes of southern Ecuador at 1600 meters elevation. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]
It is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation by deforestation, settlement, and mining.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Santiana, J.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Byttneria sparrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46209A11040881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46209A11040881.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ayenia sparrei (Cristóbal) Christenh. & Byng. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items
- Ayenia
- Endemic flora of Ecuador
- Vulnerable plants
- Plants described in 1976
- Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
- All stub articles
- Malvaceae stubs