Native to Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Rincon, A 2462

May 24, 2001

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

Not collected

February 7, 2005

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Tovariaceae

Genus

Tovaria

Specific Epithet

pendula

Authorship

Ruiz & Pav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 37.8

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

4.4

Global rank

#3,989 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →