Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Illinois (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 27215

June 13, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur (Corn Islands)

12.180972, -83.036

Location Remarks

Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso

Collectors

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

Notes

Weed along trail back from beach, 1.3 m tall, leaves fleshy, heads white

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Melanthera

Specific Epithet

nivea

Authorship

(L.) Small

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

#320,361 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →