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perfoliata

Taxon

Blackstonia perfoliata (L.) Huds.

Protologue Fl. Angl. (Hudson) 146. 1762BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. SRC25 May 05. 295B.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. SRC25 May 05. 295B.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 294.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 294.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 296.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 296.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 297.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 297.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 295.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 295.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. SRC25 May 05. 297B.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. SRC25 May 05. 297B.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 075.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 072.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 072.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 074.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 078.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 073.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 073.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 076.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 077.jpg

Blackstonia perfoliata--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 32 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Azores, New Zealand North, Uruguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 24, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)

35.4275, 24.189167

Location Remarks

Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 25, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)

35.4215, 23.646333

Location Remarks

Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Blackstonia

Specific Epithet

perfoliata

Authorship

(L.) Huds.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

0.2

Global rank

#192,611 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →