Native to Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Peru; introduced into 156 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

July 9, 2004

Location

Kenya (Sue Brown's private garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

June 29, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Arusha, Arumeru (Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge)

-3.359333, 36.836889

Location Remarks

Arumeru, east of Arusha. Ngare Sero Lodge, Leganga Rd., off Arusha-Himo Road.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 1, 2002

Location

Costa Rica (Ark Herb Farm)

Location Remarks

ARKherb Farm

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Nicandra

Specific Epithet

physalodes

Authorship

(L.) Gaertn.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.3

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

0.5

Global rank

#89,637 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →