Native to Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Chamula)
17.2115, -92.957917
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra on highway MX195. Between km markers 155, 156. 1910 m elev.
Collectors
Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Nayely Martínez Melendez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Crossosomatales
Family
Guamatelaceae
Genus
Guamatela
Specific Epithet
tuerckheimii
Authorship
Donn.Sm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 25.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.6
Global rank
#9,774 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
10%