Mecardonia procumbens, WDStevens27209--Nicaragua. RAAS. Corn Island, Ca Hotel El Paraiso. 13 Jun 08. 006.jpg
Native to 42 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, East Himalaya, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Nauru, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 4 countries.
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur (Corn Islands)
12.180972, -83.036
Location Remarks
Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Weed in sandy yard, prostrate mats, calyx green, corolla cream with faint red lines on lip.
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur (Corn Islands)
12.180972, -83.036
Location Remarks
Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Weed in sandy yard, prostrate mats, calyx green, corolla cream with faint red lines on lip.
Location
Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)
-4.456389, -74.078333
Location Remarks
Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Hierba; flores amarillas.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (Turrubares Canton, San Pablo)
9.903278, -84.421056
Location Remarks
5 km W of Grifo Alto and about 1 km E of San Pablo
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Mecardonia
Specific Epithet
procumbens
Authorship
(Mill.) Small
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#213,191 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
9%
