Native to Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Venezuela, 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

No collection number

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urera

Specific Epithet

elata

Authorship

(Sw.) Griseb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

0.1

Global rank

#261,864 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →