Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles (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

Croat, T 93472

August 16, 2004

Location

Ecuador, Cotopaxi (La Maná Canton)

-0.868889, -79.159167

Location Remarks

Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Shrub 2.5 m tall; fruits green to purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Cestrum

Specific Epithet

schlechtendalii

Authorship

G.Don

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#307,761 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →