Native to Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (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 27286

June 17, 2008

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

Spreading shrub 1.5 m tall, fruits green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Violaceae

Genus

Ixchelia

Specific Epithet

mexicana

Authorship

(Ging. ex DC.) H.E.Ballard & Wahlert

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 24.5

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Watch

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.4

Global rank

#25,250 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →