Plumbago zeylanica, AraujoM2924--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 422 (1).jpg
Plumbago zeylanica, AraujoM2924--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 422.jpg
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.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-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, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Plumbaginaceae
Genus
Plumbago
Specific Epithet
zeylanica
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 16.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.5
Global rank
#23,703 of 335,497
Top 8%
Extinction probability
10%
