Occurrence
Least Concern

Not collected

February 7, 2018

Argentina

This occurrence of Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose (Not collected) was collected on February 7, 2018 in Argentina. Flora of the World includes 15 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Pterocactus tuberosus--Argentina. Hwy 150, S of Ischigualasto. 7 Feb 2018. DSC09263 (79).JPG

Pterocactus tuberosus--Argentina. Hwy 150, S of Ischigualasto. 7 Feb 2018. DSC09263 (79).JPG

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Pterocactus

Specific Epithet

tuberosus

Authorship

(Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#334,532 of 335,497

Top 100%

Extinction probability

6%