Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Hawaii; extinct in Cuba (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

Perez-Farrera, M. A 2881

March 17, 2003

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Chamula)

17.2115, -92.957917

Location Remarks

Mirador La Selva Negra on highway MX195. Between km markers 155, 156. 1910 m elev.

Collectors

Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Melastomataceae

Genus

Arthrostemma

Specific Epithet

ciliatum

Authorship

Pav. ex D.Don

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

0.0

Global rank

#302,868 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →