Native to 31 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago (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

Not collected

June 12, 2019

Location

Belize, Orange Walk District, Lamanai

17.857472, -88.611472

Location Remarks

Along the banks of New River betwen Tower Hill and Lamanai Archeological Reserve

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Tropical riparian along the river bank; Pachira, areas of Nymphaea, floating grasses.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Nymphaeales

Family

Nymphaeaceae

Genus

Nymphaea

Specific Epithet

ampla

Authorship

(Salisb.) DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.6

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

0.4

Global rank

#113,396 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →