Native to 125 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Andaman Is., Cape Verde, Cook Is., Fiji, Italy, Laccadive Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, Réunion, Rodrigues, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu (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

Araujo Murakami, A 2924

September 16, 2006

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Plumbaginaceae

Genus

Plumbago

Specific Epithet

zeylanica

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 16.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#23,703 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →