Rivinia humilis--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 034.jpg
Native to 51 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 45 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)
Location Remarks
Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.
Collectors
No collectors specified
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 along trail back from beach, 6 dm tall, flowers white, fruits green to bright red
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Chamula)
17.2115, -92.957917
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra on highway MX195. Between km markers 155, 156. 1910 m elev.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Phytolaccaceae
Genus
Rivina
Specific Epithet
humilis
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 12.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.0
Global rank
#40,261 of 335,497
Top 13%
Extinction probability
9%
