Wiegandia caracasana, 76.2013--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 059.jpg
Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into California, Canary Is., France, Italy, Madeira, Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Namaceae
Genus
Wigandia
Specific Epithet
urens
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#121,410 of 335,497
Top 37%
Extinction probability
6%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
