Trigonia nivea Cambess. belongs to the Trigoniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Trigoniaceae
Genus
Trigonia
Specific Epithet
nivea
Authorship
Cambess.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,577 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Paraguay, Amambay
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Woody twining liana, flowers fragrant, white with yellow on lip, fruits brown.