Cuphea hyssopifolia, AAruajoM2922--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. N of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 401.jpg
Native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá; introduced into Bangladesh, Bolivia, Borneo, Canary Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hawaii, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Marianas, Morocco, New Zealand North, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Cuphea
Specific Epithet
hyssopifolia
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 9.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#63,456 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
10%
