Luzuriaga radicans, W. D. Stevens 34055--Chile, Tanume, Los Hoyos, 14 Feb 2013 7793 (9).JPG
Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Chile, O'Higgins, Cardenal Caro
-34.487778, -72.006944
Location Remarks
Comuna Pichilemu, Cáhuil; steep rocky roadbank above a brackish estuary. 2 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Marcia Ricci, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Vine attached to tree trunks in understory, fruiting branches pendent, fruits green to red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Alstroemeriaceae
Genus
Luzuriaga
Specific Epithet
radicans
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#49,324 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
11%
