Occurrence
Predicted not threatened

not collected

March 17, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Theobroma cacao L. (not collected) was collected on March 17, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 1 field photograph documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Theobroma cacao, not coll.--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 032.jpg

Theobroma cacao, not coll.--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Cerro Samama, SW of Pita. 18 Mar 06. 032.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Theobroma

Specific Epithet

cacao

Authorship

L.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#242,743 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →