Chuquiraga erinacea D.Don belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Chuquiraga
Specific Epithet
erinacea
Authorship
D.Don
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#309,361 of 335,497
Top 93%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Argentina, San Juan, Sarmiento (Pedernal)
-31.992778, -68.750278
Location Remarks
RN 153, Las Vertientes, a SW de Pedernal. 1072 m elev.
Collectors
Renée H. Fortunato, W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto de 1-1,5 m alt.