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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 28, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Stevens, W. D 27217

June 12, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur

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

Perez-Farrera, M. A 2880

March 16, 2003

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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Phytolaccaceae

Genus

Rivina

Specific Epithet

humilis

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.8

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#40,261 of 335,497

Top 13%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →