Native to 31 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Hawaii, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sierra Leone, South Australia, Western Australia (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 31329

March 22, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Cordillera

-25.294444, -57.096667

Location Remarks

Cerro Tobatí, trail from Capilla Virgen de Fátima; weathered sandstone domes with shrubby vegetation in cracks and crevices. 211 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Densely clumped, suffrutescent, ascending, flowers yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Stylosanthes

Specific Epithet

viscosa

Authorship

(L.) Sw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

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

#224,265 of 335,497

Top 67%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →