Native to Brazil North, Peru; introduced into Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Myanmar, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 28, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Alajuela (La Paz Waterfall Gardens)

Location Remarks

At La Paz Waterfall gardens

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Pachystachys

Specific Epithet

lutea

Authorship

(Ruiz & Pav. ex Schult.) Nees

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#287,128 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →