Native to 37 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Bangladesh, Florida, India, Malaya, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria (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

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

April 6, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Guanacaste

10.345, -85.338889

Location Remarks

Palo Verde Biological Station. Trail to Mirador "La Roca".

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Hymenachne

Specific Epithet

amplexicaulis

Authorship

(Rudge) Nees

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

#266,215 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →