Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Oaxaca, Cuicatlan
17.80325, -97.033639
Location Remarks
Carretera a San Pedro Jocotepac, oeste de Cuicatlan.
Collectors
Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Nayely Martínez Melendez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Zygophyllales
Family
Zygophyllaceae
Genus
Morkillia
Specific Epithet
mexicana
Authorship
(Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Rose & J.H.Painter
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.6
Global rank
#21,066 of 335,497
Top 7%
Extinction probability
11%