Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Tapalapa)
17.174278, -93.131167
Location Remarks
Carretera Guapilla-Tapalapa, ca 2 km past junction to Tapalapa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Aquifoliales
Family
Phyllonomaceae
Genus
Phyllonoma
Specific Epithet
laticuspis
Authorship
Engl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 37.1
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.7
Global rank
#18,766 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
6%