Hydrolea spinosa, W. D. Stevens 30981--Paraguay. Edo. Guaira. Res. Ybytyruzu. 10 Mar 2011. 017 (52).jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay; introduced into Alabama, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Haiti, Hawaii, Korea, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Réunion, St.Helena, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Guaira
-25.738056, -56.177778
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Erect, supported by taller plants, fleshy, stems red, perianth pink.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Begoniaceae
Genus
Begonia
Specific Epithet
cucullata
Authorship
Willd.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#142,217 of 335,497
Top 43%
Extinction probability
10%
