Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Paraguay, Cordillera
-25.294444, -57.096667
Location Remarks
Cerro Tobatí, trail from Capilla Virgen de Fátima; weathered sandstone domes with shrubby vegetation in cracks and crevices. 211 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
In wet shade near stream, prostrate, flowers blue, fruits blue, spongy.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque remanente en borde de quebrada. Hierba repente, flores violetas, frutos azules.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Coccocypselum
Specific Epithet
lanceolatum
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#256,289 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
11%