Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Peru; extinct in California (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

Ulloa, C 2492

April 23, 2015

Location

Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Latacunga (Mejía Canton)

-0.610278, -78.477167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Cotopaxi: Laguna de Limpiopungo. Colecciones en y alrededor de la laguna. Páramo. 3863 m elev.

Collectors

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal, Christine E. Edwards, N. Oleas

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Eriocaulaceae

Genus

Eriocaulon

Specific Epithet

microcephalum

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 17.5

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#20,878 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →