Neill, D 15942

Langsdorffia hypogaea Mart.

September 21, 2007

Ecuador

This occurrence of Langsdorffia hypogaea Mart. (Neill, D 15942) was collected on September 21, 2007 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

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Record Number

Neill, D 15942

Collection Date

September 21, 2007 · Ecuador

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Root parasite, achlorophyllous. Leaves form involucre-like circle around inflorescence. Flowers emerging from ground, in shaded forest. Scale-like leaves brown at base, light brown at apex. flowers pink-orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Balanophoraceae

Genus

Langsdorffia

Specific Epithet

hypogaea

Authorship

Mart.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 21.5

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#20,913 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability