Native to Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Chimborazo
-1.496667, -78.865278
Location Remarks
Reserva de Producción Faunística Chimborazo, entrada por la carretera Ambato-Guaranda, Arenal del Volcán Chimborazo. 4457 m elev.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Katya Romoleroux, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal
Notes
Hierba suculenta; plantas isoladas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Calandrinia
Specific Epithet
acaulis
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
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
#228,085 of 335,497
Top 68%
Extinction probability
10%