Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Mexico, Oaxaca (Ixtlán de Juárez)
17.326028, -96.472306
Location Remarks
Camino Ixtlan-Talea. Noreoste de la ciudad de Oaxaca.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 76.1
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
8.7
Global rank
#867 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
11%