Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile South, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay; introduced into Alabama, Florida, Georgia, India, Jawa, Leeward Is., Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Alismataceae

Genus

Sagittaria

Specific Epithet

montevidensis

Authorship

Cham. & Schltdl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.1

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

0.8

Global rank

#59,181 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →