Euphorbia cotinifolia--Ecuador. Esmeraldas. El Pedregal, San Lorenzo. 22 Feb 05. 132 (4).jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into Bangladesh, Benin, Canary Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Hainan, India, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Tunisia, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Esmeraldas
1.078611, -78.666667
Location Remarks
Along Río San Juan 0.7 km N of Lita-San Lorenzo Road. 300 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Notes
Maintained here as a small, potted shrub but capable of growing into a 10 m tree.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Specific Epithet
cotinifolia
Authorship
L.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#239,293 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
6%
