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peruviana

Taxon

Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H.Hara

Protologue J. Jap. Bot. 28: 293. 1953IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 003.jpg

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 004.jpg

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 002.jpg

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76.001.jpg

Ludwigia peruviana, CDavidson4837--Bolivia. Nor Yungas. Rdside twd Caranavi. 7 Nov 76.001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela; introduced into Alabama, Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Florida, Georgia, India, Jawa, Louisiana, Malaya, Mauritius, New South Wales, North Carolina, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 4837

November 7, 1976

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Nor Yungas

Location Remarks

Carretera fundam. 3, between Caranavi and Sta. Ana del Alto Beni. Various points along the road. Vegetation on steep hillsides, somewhat disturbed, less so over 20 km from Caranavi. Holdridge life zone appears to be very moist rain forest to lower montane very moist subtropical rain forest.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Ludwigia

Specific Epithet

peruviana

Authorship

(L.) H.Hara

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.7

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

0.6

Global rank

#76,230 of 335,497

Top 23%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →