Native to 35 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Hawaii, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand (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

2001-0530A

January 15, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Jacquemontia

Specific Epithet

pentanthos

Authorship

(Jacq.) G.Don

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

0.2

Global rank

#202,387 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →