Forsteronia, W. D. Stevens 31071--Paraguay. Edo. Amambay. Cerro Cora. 15 Mar 2011. 351.jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero, Cerro Cora - Picada Lorito)
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Woody twining vine with milky sap.
Location
Paraguay, Paraguari (Ybycuí, Minas Kue)
-26.098611, -56.841389
Location Remarks
La Rosada, entrance to Parque Nacional Ybycu'í; roadside and weedy fields. 115 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Woody, twining vine with milky sap; fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Forsteronia
Specific Epithet
glabrescens
Authorship
Müll.Arg.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
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
#289,985 of 335,497
Top 87%
Extinction probability
10%
