Native to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Oklahoma, Texas (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Lee
31.2575, -96.122222
Location Remarks
Clear Creek, near Leo.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Cnidoscolus
Specific Epithet
texanus
Authorship
(Müll.Arg.) Small
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#158,731 of 335,497
Top 48%
Extinction probability
11%