Malpighia glabra, WDStevens27285--Nicaragua. Matagalpa. Kukamonga N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 048.jpg
Native to Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into Aruba, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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 8 m tall, 15 cm diameter at base, flowers opening bright pink, quickly fading to dull white
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Malpighiaceae
Genus
Malpighia
Specific Epithet
emarginata
Authorship
DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#228,224 of 335,497
Top 69%
Extinction probability
11%
