Native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into Cuba, Florida, Leeward Is., New Caledonia, Pakistan, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. (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

No collection number

March 29, 2004

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Vachellia

Specific Epithet

cornigera

Authorship

(L.) Seigler & Ebinger

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#178,729 of 335,497

Top 54%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →