Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Malaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Croat, T 95818

March 12, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)

0.021944, -78.746944

Location Remarks

Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Liana. Fruits dark green becoming dark purple; bracts orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Tilesia

Specific Epithet

baccata

Authorship

(L.) Pruski

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#297,018 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →