Pombalia bigibbosa (A.St.-Hil.) Paula-Souza belongs to the Violaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Pombalia
Specific Epithet
bigibbosa
Authorship
(A.St.-Hil.) Paula-Souza
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#72,843 of 335,497
Top 22%
Extinction probability
11%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
Paraguay, Guaira
-25.738056, -56.177778
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Weak shrub 1 m tall; corolla dull white with pink-purple on upper lip.