Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (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

Martinez-Melendez, J 2198

September 19, 2010

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)

17.209056, -92.966472

Location Remarks

Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.

Collectors

Jorge Martinez-Melendez, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Polystemma

Specific Epithet

guatemalense

Authorship

(Schltr.) W.D.Stevens

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#287,908 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →