Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Venezuela; introduced into Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, 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, 2003

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

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Garcia

Specific Epithet

nutans

Authorship

Vahl ex Rohr

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#145,204 of 335,497

Top 44%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →