Native to Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Guayas
-2.45, -79.6
Location Remarks
Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade. 180m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 2/3 m; fruits green, immature.
Location
Mexico, Jalisco
19.269806, -104.756972
Location Remarks
Adjacent to El Tamarindo, near La Manzanilla. "Adan's Eden"
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Psychotria
Specific Epithet
horizontalis
Authorship
Sw.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#236,827 of 335,497
Top 71%
Extinction probability
10%