Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Paraguari
-26.098611, -56.841389
Location Remarks
La Rosada, entrance to Parque Nacional Ybycu'í; roadside and weedy fields. 115 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall, with thick corky bark, fruits yellow-green.
Location
Paraguay, Concepcion
-22.533611, -57.361667
Location Remarks
Estancia Garay Cuê, "Mirador" at top of a steep sandstone bluff with jumbled boulders; forest among rocks. 380 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 5 m tall, with thick corky bark, fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Leptolobium
Specific Epithet
elegans
Authorship
Vogel
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#270,254 of 335,497
Top 81%
Extinction probability
5%