Native to Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Ruben Martínez-Camilo, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Parásito en raíces de robles.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Mitrastemonaceae
Genus
Mitrastemon
Specific Epithet
matudae
Authorship
Yamam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 22.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.3
Global rank
#11,720 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
10%