Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
subsp. microcarpa
Identified as
Manihot rhomboidea subsp. microcarpa
Location
Nicaragua, Esteli (Estelí)
13.25, -86.360833
Location Remarks
Km 168 on Hwy 1, 16 km N of Estelí, Cuesta de Kukamonga, nearly dry stream bed leading down to Río Estelí; dry forest draped with epiphytes, steep stream banks cut through soft conglomerates with dense epiphytes. 800-850 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Indiana Coronado, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, M. Salazar
Notes
Tree 4 m tall, trunk 15 cm diameter, flowers yellow-green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Manihot
Specific Epithet
rhomboidea
Authorship
Müll.Arg.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#221,809 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
9%