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Taxon

Arenaria serpens Kunth

Protologue Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] vi. 32.BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Arenaria serpens Kunth belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Arenaria serpens, Davidson, C 12797--Chile. Ruta 115, to Laguna del Maule. 24 Nov 2014. DSC07486 (556).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Davidson, C 12797

November 23, 2014

Location

Chile, Maule, Talca

-35.938333, -70.610556

Location Remarks

Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hierba procumbente.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Arenaria

Specific Epithet

serpens

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

0.1

Global rank

#243,621 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →