Native to 39 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Angola, Assam, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Myanmar, New Mexico, Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Vietnam; presence uncertain in Suriname (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

Stevens, W. D 31009

March 13, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Presidente Hayes (Benjamín Aceval, Zona Km 125)

-24.571667, -58.036389

Location Remarks

96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Ascending, succulent, sepals green, petals bright orchid, anthers yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Talinaceae

Genus

Talinum

Specific Epithet

fruticosum

Authorship

(L.) Juss.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.5

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

#85,789 of 335,497

Top 26%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →