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Taxon

Astrophytum ornatum (DC.) Britton & Rose

Protologue Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 185. 1922 [12 Oct 1922]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Vulnerable
Astrophytum ornatum--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

Astrophytum ornatum--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Astrophytum ornatum--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

Astrophytum ornatum--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Astrophytum

Specific Epithet

ornatum

Authorship

(DC.) Britton & Rose

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#57,612 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →