Native to 41 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into India (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 31011

March 12, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Presidente Hayes

-24.571667, -58.036389

Location Remarks

96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Twining vine with milky sap, woody below, sepals pale green, corolla pale green with a dull red ring at the base, annulus and corona lobes bright white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Funastrum

Specific Epithet

clausum

Authorship

(Jacq.) Schltr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

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

0.3

Global rank

#148,470 of 335,497

Top 45%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →