Cinchona mutisii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree with papery leaves, green to yellow flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Ecuador.
Cinchona mutisii was described in 1821, and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Aylmer Bourke Lambert in 1821. Paul Carpenter Standley treated it as a synonym of Cinchona pubescens.
Distribution Cinchona mutisii is native to the wet tropical biome of southern Ecuador. It grows at elevations of .
Description Cinchona mutisii is a tree that grows up to tall and wide.
The leaves are papery when dry, long, wide, and ovate to oblong in shape. The leaf stems are long.
The calyx is long, and has long lobes. The corolla is tube-shaped, long, green to yellow on the outside, and dark purplish on the inside. The corolla has long lobes.
The fruit is a dehiscent, ellipsoid capsule, measuring long, and wide. The seeds are long, and wide.
Conservation In 2024, the IUCN assessed Cinchona mutisii as Endangered.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as .
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