Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Martinez-Melendez, N 2426. (This number pistillate plants only)

September 14, 2008

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Jiquipilas)

16.623278, -93.577278

Location Remarks

Cerro el Campanario.

Collectors

Nayely Martínez Melendez

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Rafflesiaceae

Genus

Bdallophytum

Specific Epithet

americanum

Authorship

Harms, 1935

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.2

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

0.7

Global rank

#62,541 of 335,497

Top 19%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →