Native to 46 botanical countries across Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, DR Congo, Fiji, Galápagos, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Mali, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam; extinct in Hawaii (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

Rincon, A 2434

May 24, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Sapindaceae

Genus

Sapindus

Specific Epithet

saponaria

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.3

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#185,272 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →