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elegans

Taxon

Goetzea elegans Wydler

Protologue Linnaea 5(3): 423, t. 8. 1830 [Jul 1830]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 148.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 148.jpg

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Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 147.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 147.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 151.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 151.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 150.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 150.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild  Tropical Garden. 6 Apr 03. 149.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Garden. 6 Apr 03. 149.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 152.jpg

Goetzia elegans--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 152.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Puerto Rico (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

Garden no. 91502A

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Goetzea

Specific Epithet

elegans

Authorship

Wydler

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#54,425 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

36%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →