Securidaca leiocarpa
Encyclopedia
Securidaca leiocarpa is a species of plant
in the Polygalaceae
family. It is endemic to Ecuador
.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Polygalaceae
Polygalaceae
The Polygalaceae or Milkwort family is a family of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees...
family. It is endemic to Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
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Source
- Freire-Fierro, A. & Pitman, N. 2004. Securidaca leiocarpa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.