Native to 74 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America; introduced into Bolivia, Caroline Is., Cook Is., French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 6, 2003

Location

Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Limbe Botanic Garden)

-12.611667, 49.461667

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

No collectors specified

Hammel, B 25179

April 19, 2009

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose

9.903278, -84.421056

Location Remarks

5 km W of Grifo Alto and about 1 km E of San Pablo

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Cyathula

Specific Epithet

prostrata

Authorship

(L.) Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.8

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

0.1

Global rank

#225,108 of 335,497

Top 68%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →