Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá; introduced into Society Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Cintalapa)
16.414889, -94.032778
Location Remarks
Camino a Las Minas. Microondas Las Minas, cerca de la torre. Bosque mesófilo de montaña con piños y robles. 889 m elev.
Collectors
Jorge Martinez-Melendez, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Achimenes
Specific Epithet
grandiflora
Authorship
(Schiede) A.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#198,379 of 335,497
Top 60%
Extinction probability
11%