Oxypetalum, W. D. Stevens 30977--Paraguay. Edo. Guaira. Res. Ybytyruzu. 10 Mar 2011. 088 (6).jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Paraguay, Uruguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Guaira (Colonia Independencia, Planta Urbana)
-25.738056, -56.177778
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Twining vine with milky sap, corolla pale green, gynostegium bright white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Oxypetalum
Specific Epithet
macrolepis
Authorship
(Hook. & Arn.) Decne.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#265,448 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
11%
