Native to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
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
Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Nayely Martínez Melendez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus
Specific Epithet
oocarpa
Authorship
Schiede ex Schltdl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#846 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 2 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →