Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela; introduced into Florida, North Carolina (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

Stevens, W. D 31027

March 13, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Presidente Hayes (Benjamín Aceval, Zona Km 125)

-24.571667, -58.036389

Location Remarks

96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Ascending, flowers bright yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Scoparia

Specific Epithet

montevidensis

Authorship

(Spreng.) R.E.Fr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.4

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

0.4

Global rank

#118,563 of 335,497

Top 36%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →