Native to 41 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Croat, T 96148

March 21, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil)

Location Remarks

Zona Norte in Guayaquil, suburb of Las Orquideas, Avenida Francisco de Orellana.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Notes

Less than 1 m tall; flowers whitish; fruits blue sticking to clothing.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Verbenaceae

Genus

Priva

Specific Epithet

lappulacea

Authorship

(L.) Pers.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

0.0

Global rank

#305,203 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →