Aspidosperma macrocarpon, Stevens, W.D. 31132, Amambay, 17 Mar 2011 2082 (3).JPG
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero, Cerro Cora - Picada Lorito)
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Monopodial shrub 1 m tall, with white latex, fruit single, terminal, woody.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Aspidosperma
Specific Epithet
macrocarpon
Authorship
Mart.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#250,035 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
5%
