It is endemic to Ecuador and was found in the Andean forest.

It is found in Andean forests in Peru and Bolivia.

In the last ice age the climate in the region of Suba was of a páramo and andean forest.

They are found in humid Andean highland forest in South America.

Before the colonial period, encenillo tree was one of the dominant species in the andean forests.

It makes part of the high andean forest and the paramo ecosystems.

They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru.

Its natural habitat is high Andean forest (2,500-3,500 m) It is threatened by habitat loss.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland Andean forests.

The habitat is occupied in the areas of low and high Andean forests.