Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (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

Stevens, W. D 30904

March 8, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Paraguari (Ybycuí, Minas Kue)

-26.098611, -56.841389

Location Remarks

La Rosada, entrance to Parque Nacional Ybycu'í; roadside and weedy fields. 115 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Twining vine with milky sap, woody below, flowers pendent, visited by Polistes-sized wasps, corolla dull green, corona dull white, producing copious nectar, fruits green

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Blepharodon

Specific Epithet

pictum

Authorship

(Vahl) W.D.Stevens

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

#308,942 of 335,497

Top 93%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →