Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (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 31700

May 19, 2011

Location

Nicaragua, Matagalpa (Matagalpa)

12.996944, -85.908889

Location Remarks

Hotel Selva Negra; artificial pond near gate, below restaurant. 1250 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plocospermataceae

Genus

Plocosperma

Specific Epithet

buxifolium

Authorship

Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 77.0

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

EDGE Watch

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

4.4

Global rank

#4,070 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →