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.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Croat, T 93302

August 13, 2004

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Genus

Mirabilis

Specific Epithet

jalapa

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#170,850 of 335,497

Top 51%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →