Plumeria rubra--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 021.jpg
Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela; introduced into 42 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
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
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Jiquipilas)
16.623278, -93.577278
Location Remarks
Cerro el Campanario.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Ruben Martínez-Camilo, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Plumeria
Specific Epithet
rubra
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#291,284 of 335,497
Top 87%
Extinction probability
6%
