Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay (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

Stevens, W. D 31033

March 13, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Presidente Hayes (Benjamín Aceval, Zona Km 125)

-24.571667, -58.036389

Location Remarks

96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

In wet places, erect among taller plants, flowers purple with dull white on lip.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Polygalaceae

Genus

Polygala

Specific Epithet

molluginifolia

Authorship

A.St.-Hil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.0

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

0.4

Global rank

#117,080 of 335,497

Top 35%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →