Native to 68 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Florida, Galápagos, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde
-14.444722, -67.884722
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona, O. Valdes
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Dalechampia
Specific Epithet
scandens
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#256,700 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
6%