Product information "Ceratostema zamorana"
| Name: | Ceratostema zamorana, M.M. Jiménez & Vélez-Abarc 2021 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | zamorana = after the place of discovery in Zamora Chinchipe |
| Propagation: | cuttings |
| Origin: | Ecuador |
| Habitat: | epiphytic, on branches and trunks of Zygia longifolia, in premontane forests on the banks of the Zamora River at elevations of 890-930 m. |
| Notes: | The area where Ceratostema zamorana grows is not within the National System of Protected Wildlands in Ecuador; nevertheless, does not rule it out its presence in the Podocarpus National Park, which is near where the species grows. A total number of thirteen individuals of two populations were found in areas where alluvial mining, slash and burn agriculture and infrastructure works are common; so, the new species is under threat. |
