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Taxon

Cephalanthus occidentalis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 95. 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Cephalanthus occidentalis--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Park, Anhinga trail. 14 Jan 03.  015.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Park, Anhinga trail. 14 Jan 03. 015.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Park, Anhinga trail. 14 Jan 03.  014.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--FL. Miami-Dade Co. Everglades Nat. Park, Anhinga trail. 14 Jan 03. 014.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 022.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 025.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 021.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 026.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 028.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 027.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 030.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 024.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 024.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 029.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 023.jpg

Cephalanthus occidentalis--Washington DC. US Nat. Arbor. 29 Jun 07. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 45 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Belarus (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

June 29, 2007

Location

United States, Washington, D.C. (U.S. National Arboretum)

Location Remarks

3501 New York Ave, NE, about 2.2 miles from the Capitol Building.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 14, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Collier County (Jerome)

25.998333, -81.406111

Location Remarks

Everglades National Park, Snake Bight trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Cephalanthus

Specific Epithet

occidentalis

Authorship

L.

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#311,526 of 335,497

Top 93%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →