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 5 m tall, fruits green, smooth and shiny.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Primulaceae

Genus

Bonellia

Specific Epithet

nitida

Authorship

(B.Ståhl) B.Ståhl & Källersjö

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#57,705 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

48%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →