Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, 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

Croat, T 94863

February 17, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi

0.802222, -77.929167

Location Remarks

Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Parasitic shrub; inflorescence pale green with bands of immature fruits.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Viscaceae

Genus

Phoradendron

Specific Epithet

chrysocladon

Authorship

A.Gray

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 11.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#38,198 of 335,497

Top 12%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →