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caudata

Taxon

Boehmeria caudata Sw.

Protologue Prodr. [Swartz] 34. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Boehmeria caudata, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 002.JPG

Boehmeria caudata, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 002.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Boehmeria caudata, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 001.JPG

Boehmeria caudata, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 001.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 018.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 017.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 008.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 019.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 009.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 010.jpg

Boehmeria, Croat93514--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. Rd to Diaz de Pineda. 18 Aug 04. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Jamaica (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 25, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith

Croat, T 93514

August 18, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Napo (El Chaco Canton)

-0.096111, -77.816667

Location Remarks

Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Shrub 3 m tall; flowers greenish.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Boehmeria

Specific Epithet

caudata

Authorship

Sw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#268,751 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →