Oxypetalum balansae Malme belongs to the Apocynaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Stevens, W. D 30917

March 8, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Guaira

-25.738056, -56.177778

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Herbaceous twining vine with milky sap; corolla pale green, reflexed, corona purplish green, style apex purple, fruits green.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Oxypetalum

Specific Epithet

balansae

Authorship

Malme

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#279,861 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →