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Taxon

Herniaria alpina Chaix

Protologue Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 379. 1786 [Feb 1786]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (217).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (217).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (148).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (148).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (131).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (131).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (222).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (222).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (135).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (135).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (137).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (137).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (132).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (132).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (142).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (142).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (218).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (218).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (146).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (146).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (139).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (139).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (133).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (133).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (138).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (138).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (136).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (136).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (140).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (140).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (134).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (134).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (145).JPG

Herniaria alpina, Davidson, C 13300--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (145).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13300

July 3, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Saas-Almagell (Saas-Almagell)

46.037778, 7.954611

Location Remarks

South of Saas-Almagell village, at Lac Mattmark. Trail on the west side of the reservoir. 2242 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Steep, rocky trailside bank of glacially scoured rock and rock faces; multiple waterfalls below Allalin Glacier.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Herniaria

Specific Epithet

alpina

Authorship

Chaix

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

#251,352 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →