Native to 113 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Alabama, Ascension, Hawaii, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Society Is., St.Helena, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Yemen; extinct in Socotra (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

Stevens, W. D 31021

March 12, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Presidente Hayes

-24.571667, -58.036389

Location Remarks

96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Roadside, subshrub, corolla orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Sida

Specific Epithet

cordifolia

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

#188,976 of 335,497

Top 57%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →