Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela (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 27232

June 13, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Atlantico Norte

14.094111, -83.369972

Location Remarks

Along Pozo Charlie Lau, Llano Brakira, N of Puerto Cabezas and E of road to Waspam; open savanna with woody vegetation along creek. 21 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Forest edge, shrub 1 m tall, calyx green, corolla bright red-orange, fruits dried

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Helicteres

Specific Epithet

guazumifolia

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.0

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#174,632 of 335,497

Top 53%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →