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Chuquiraga jussieui, the flower of the Andes, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [2] It is a low shrub, reaching a height of about 75 cm. Chuquiraga jussieui is an endangered flower. Flowers are pale yellow or orange. It is native to Ecuador and Peru [citation needed], and grows at
Chuquiraga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] The genus is distributed in the Andes from Colombia to Chile, with most species occurring in Patagonia.
It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. References This ...
The diminutive flower told another story. ... In the decades after World War II, western Ecuador lost more than 95% of its forests below 3,280 feet (1,000 meters), ...
El Cajas National Park or Cajas National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional El Cajas) is a national park in the highlands of Ecuador. It is located about 30 km west from Cuenca , the capital of the province of Azuay .
Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, Ecuador is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions; that is, it is as politically defined except that Galápagos is treated as distinct.
Quito Botanical Garden (Spanish: Jardín Botánico de Quito) is a park, botanical garden, arboretum and greenhouse of 18,600 square meters in the city of Quito, Ecuador.It houses species of plants of the country (Ecuador is among the 17 richest countries in the world in native botanical species, an updated study on the classified Ecuadorian flora determined the existence of 17,000 species).
In vitro studies in 2005 in Lima have determined the antioxidant properties of 53 ethanolic extracts of 40 plants used in traditional Peruvian medicine from different parts of the plants (root, flowers, stems, leaves, bark).