| Pearcea intermedia | |
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| Photographed in situ in the Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Pearcea |
| Species: | P. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pearcea intermedia L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog | |
Pearcea intermedia is a threatened species from Ecuador.
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