Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Caroline Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Marshall Is., Wallis-Futuna Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Hammel, B 24619

April 9, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Garabito

9.859722, -84.702778

Location Remarks

Cuenca del Jesús María. Punta Loros. Punta Loros. Sea level.

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hierba mas o menos prostrada; flores blancas. En borde de laguna en manglar.

Hammel, B 24702

April 9, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Garabito

9.859722, -84.702778

Location Remarks

Cuenca del Jesús María. Punta Loros. Punta Loros. Sea level.

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Isabel Perez-Hammel

Notes

Árbol cauliflore.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Tetrachondraceae

Genus

Polypremum

Specific Epithet

procumbens

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 32.0

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

3.4

Global rank

#6,183 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →