Native to Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay (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 31045

March 15, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero, Cerro Cora - Picada Lorito)

-22.689167, -56.001667

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Tree 3 m tall, apparently climbing elsewhere, petals pale pink.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Malpighiaceae

Genus

Banisteriopsis

Specific Epithet

variabilis

Authorship

B.Gates

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#258,626 of 335,497

Top 78%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →