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Taxon

Meliosma alba (Schltdl.) Walp.

Protologue Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 816. 1843BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 039.JPG

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 039.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 038.JPG

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 038.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 036.JPG

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 036.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 037.JPG

Meliosma alba, Rincon2284--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 037.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast (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

Rincon, A 2284

May 22, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Sabiaceae

Genus

Meliosma

Specific Epithet

alba

Authorship

(Schltdl.) Walp.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 21.8

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#46,278 of 335,497

Top 14%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →