Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 037.jpg
Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 042.jpg
Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 041.jpg
Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 039.jpg
Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 038.jpg
Mirabilis jalapa, Croat93302--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia. 13 Aug 04. 036.jpg
Native to Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into 178 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Bolivar (Canton Echeandia)
-1.456944, -79.2275
Location Remarks
Vicinity of Echiandia, along road between Echiandia and Santa Lucia; 2.7 km W of Santa Lucia. 851 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
To less than 1 m tall; flowers reddish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Genus
Mirabilis
Specific Epithet
jalapa
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#170,850 of 335,497
Top 51%
Extinction probability
9%
