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appendiculatus

Taxon

Heliocarpus appendiculatus Turcz.

Protologue Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(1): 226. 1858BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Rincon2311--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 057c.JPG

Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Rincon2311--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 057c.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Rincon2311--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 056.JPG

Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Rincon2311--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 056.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago (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

Rincon, A 2311

May 22, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Heliocarpus

Specific Epithet

appendiculatus

Authorship

Turcz.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.6

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

0.3

Global rank

#167,262 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →