Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (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

Martinez-Melendez, N 564

November 11, 2004

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)

17.209056, -92.966472

Location Remarks

Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.

Collectors

Nayely Martínez Melendez

Croat, T 95117

February 21, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo Canton)

1.078611, -78.666667

Location Remarks

Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Lasiacis

Specific Epithet

nigra

Authorship

Davidse

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

0.0

Global rank

#302,015 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →