Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Shrub 3 m tall, corolla deep purple.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Pleroma
Specific Epithet
clavatum
Authorship
(Pers.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#317,875 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
6%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy