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Taxon

Erythroxylum coca Lam.

Protologue Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 2(1): 393. 1786 [16 Oct 1786]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 013.jpg

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 018.jpg

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 012.jpg

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 014.jpg

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 017.jpg

Erythroxylum coca, not. coll--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. ACEER Res. Ctr. 17 Oct 05. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; introduced into Assam, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kazan-retto, Tanzania (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

Not collected

October 17, 2005

Location

Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)

-12.483333, -68.813333

Location Remarks

Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Erythroxylaceae

Genus

Erythroxylum

Specific Epithet

coca

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.2

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

0.6

Global rank

#81,918 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →