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Taxon

Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran

Protologue Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 235. 1888BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
All2var. retrorsa1
Mirabilis laevis, CDavidson5510--MX. Baja Calif. Cedros Island. 23 Feb 77. 001.jpg

Mirabilis laevis, CDavidson5510--MX. Baja Calif. Cedros Island. 23 Feb 77. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (1).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (9).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (6).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (2).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (4).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364.jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (10).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (10).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (5).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (8).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (7).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (3).jpg

Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, C. Davidson 11666--California. Riverside Co. 1 April 2010 364 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arizona, California, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Nevada, Oregon, Utah (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Mirabilis laevis

var. retrorsa

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

Occurrences

Davidson C. 5510

February 23, 1977

Location

Mexico, Baja California (Comondú)

25.292222, -112.131389

Location Remarks

Cedros Isl

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Davidson C. 11666

April 1, 2010

Identified as

Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa

Location

United States, California, Riverside (Palm Desert)

33.664333, -116.399056

Location Remarks

Palms to Pines Highway (Highway 74), ca. 3 miles S of junction with Highway 111.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Genus

Mirabilis

Specific Epithet

laevis

Authorship

(Benth.) Curran

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.0

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

0.3

Global rank

#158,094 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →