Petiveria alliacea, AAraujoM2973--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 337.jpg
Native to 42 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Benin, DR Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)
Location Remarks
Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Guayas (Naranjal Canton)
-2.45, -79.6
Location Remarks
Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade. 180m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
c. 0. 3 m tall. Flowers white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Phytolaccaceae
Genus
Petiveria
Specific Epithet
alliacea
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 31.5
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.7
Global rank
#8,894 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
9%
