Pentacalia pailasensis

Pentacalia pailasensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Pentacalia
Species:	P. pailasensis
Binomial name
Pentacalia pailasensis H.Rob. & Cuatrec.

Pentacalia pailasensis is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. (2003) Pentacalia pailasensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
• Robinson, Harold; Jose Cuatrecasas. (1993) "New Species of Pentacalia (Senecioneae: Asteraceae) from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia" Novon 3 (3): 284-301.