Margaritopsis microdon, Croat 96145--Ecuador. Edo. Los Rios. Bosq. Protect. Cerro Blanco. 20 Mar 06. 013 (3).jpg
Native to Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Guayaquil)
-2.181667, -80.021389
Location Remarks
Vicinity Guayaquil, Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco, Sendro Buena Vista. 65 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Liana; flowers white. Update from: Taylor, C. M., et al. 2017. Eumachia expanded, a pantropical genus distinct from Psychotria (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae). Candollea 72(2): 289–318.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Eumachia
Specific Epithet
microdon
Authorship
(DC.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#285,827 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
6%
