Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela (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

Ulloa, C 2121

June 8, 2011

Location

Ecuador, Azuay (Cuenca Canton)

-2.783056, -79.223889

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Cajas, Laguna Toreadora. 3945 m elev.

Collectors

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xavier Clavijo

Notes

Hierba perenne, 6-7 m. Flores celestes.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Hackelia

Specific Epithet

mexicana

Authorship

(Cham. & Schltdl.) I.M.Johnst.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.1

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

#201,130 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →