''Aegiphila monticola'' is a species of tree in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

.França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012)
Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus ''Aegiphila'' Jacq.
''Neodiversity'' 6 1-14. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from Cotopaxi and Bolívar Provinces. There are about eight populations. The tree occurs at altitude in the Andes, where it grows in

páramo Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower ...

and

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

habitat. It also takes hold in disturbed areas, such as roadsides.

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