Ayenia sparrei is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It a shrub found only in Ecuador.
Distribution and habitat
Ayenia sparriei is known only from single location, on the dry slopes along the Río Comunidades, between Vilcabamba and Yangana in the Andes of southern Ecuador at 1600 meters elevation. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation by deforestation, settlement, and mining.
