Meliosma littlei Cuatrec. (1959:172)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Román-RR et al., 2025)
Last (and only) record: 1943 (Cornejo & Santiana, 2017; Román-RR et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
El Oro province, Ecuador
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Cornejo, X. and Santiana, J. (2017). Meliosma littlei. In: León-Yánez, S., R. Valencia, N. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa and H. Navarrete (eds.). Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador. Publications of the QCA Herbarium, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito. <https://bioweb.bio/floraweb/librorojo/FichaEspecie/Meliosma%20littlei>, accessed Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
León-Yánez, Susana, Valencia, Renato, Pitman, Nigel, Endara, Lorena, Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen and Navarrete, Hugo (eds.). (2011). Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. 957 pp. [WARNING: 194MB file]
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 12 August 2026]
Román-RR, R., Fernández Fernández, D. and Palacios, W. A. (2025). Meliosma littlei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T46117A228548371. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T46117A228548371.es. Accessed on 12 August 2026.