Native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia; introduced into 176 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (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

Araujo Murakami, A 2874

September 15, 2006

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Bautista Saavedra

-15.181944, -68.950278

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Madidi. Charazani-Camata, Bosque montano superior pluviestacional con Clethra cuneata, Hediosmum racemosum, Weinmania sp. Plantas secadas en campo.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, P. Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Ricinus

Specific Epithet

communis

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 26.5

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.3

Global rank

#11,544 of 335,497

Top 4%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →