Native to Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Bangladesh, Benin, Florida, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (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

Aguilar, R 11194

April 18, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)

8.465417, -83.279778

Location Remarks

Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.

Collectors

Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hierba rastrera 0.1 m. Flores amarillas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Zygophyllales

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Genus

Kallstroemia

Specific Epithet

pubescens

Authorship

(G.Don) Dandy

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.5

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

#159,140 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →