Heliocarpus americanus, Martinez-Melendez, M 400--Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque 16 Feb 2012 2884 (5).JPG
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Hawaii, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayon)
17.425861, -91.910167
Location Remarks
Carretera Rincon Chamula-Rayon. Ca 15 km saliendo de Palenque. A orillas de un arroyo. 313 m elev.
Collectors
Manuel Martinez Melendez, Angelita Lopez-Cruz, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Árbol 3 m.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Manuel Martinez Melendez, Angelita Lopez-Cruz, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto 5-6 m; ó arbol talado y rebrotando.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Heliocarpus
Specific Epithet
americanus
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#174,197 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
6%
