Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chagos Archipelago, Congo, DR Congo, France, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Italy, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Réunion, Rodrigues, Senegal, Spain, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago (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

September 29, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Hydrocotyle

Specific Epithet

bonariensis

Authorship

Comm. ex Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

0.0

Global rank

#301,509 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →