Carica cauliflora, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 004.jpg
Carica cauliflora, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 003.jpg
Carica cauliflora, not coll.--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 25 May 01. 002.jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)
18.541111, -95.196389
Location Remarks
Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.
Collectors
Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Caricaceae
Genus
Vasconcellea
Specific Epithet
cauliflora
Authorship
(Jacq.) A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#134,483 of 335,497
Top 41%
Extinction probability
10%
