Bulbostylis, WDStevens27247--Nicaragua. RAAN. E of Pto Cabezas on rd to Waspam. 14 Jun 08. 008.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Norte (Puerto Cabezas)
14.094111, -83.369972
Location Remarks
Along Pozo Charlie Lau, Llano Brakira, N of Puerto Cabezas and E of road to Waspam; open savanna with woody vegetation along creek. 21 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Common; spikes erect.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Bulbostylis
Specific Epithet
paradoxa
Authorship
(Spreng.) Lindm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#255,800 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
10%
