Physalis, Croat93305--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 05. 044.jpg
Native to 112 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into 168 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Bolivar
-1.456944, -79.2275
Location Remarks
Vicinity of Echiandia, along road between Echiandia and Santa Lucia; 2.7 km W of Santa Lucia. 851 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
1 m tall; flowers pale yellow with purple spots in throat.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Physalis
Authorship
L.
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
0.3
Global rank
#145,306 of 335,497
Top 44%
Extinction probability
10%
