Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá (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

Stevens, W. D 27318

June 17, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Nueva Segovia

13.667778, -86.482306

Location Remarks

Along Highway to Las Manos, 1.5 km N of Mosonte junction N of Ocotal. Roadside and dry forest. 660 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Forest; weak shrub 1 m tall, corolla bright red

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Russelia

Specific Epithet

sarmentosa

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

0.2

Global rank

#195,126 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →