Petiveria alliacea L. belongs to the Phytolaccaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 3 countries.
Petiveria alliacea, AAraujoM2973--Bolivia. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 18 Sep 06. 337.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Phytolaccaceae
Genus
Petiveria
Specific Epithet
alliacea
Authorship
L.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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%
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo
-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, P. 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
-2.450000, -79.600000
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.
