Native to Aruba, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (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

R. Ramirez-Delgadillo

July 31, 2007

Location

Mexico, Jalisco (Cihuatlán)

19.269806, -104.756972

Location Remarks

Adjacent to El Tamarindo, near La Manzanilla. "Adan's Eden"

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Capparaceae

Genus

Morisonia

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.2

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#124,472 of 335,497

Top 38%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →