Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South (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

Stevens, W. D 34198

February 22, 2013

Location

Chile, Maule, Talca (San Clemente, Curillinque)

-35.938333, -70.610556

Location Remarks

Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel

Notes

Leafy branches prostrate; fruits dull purple-green, petals bright purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Montiaceae

Genus

Montiopsis

Specific Epithet

cistiflora

Authorship

(Gillies ex Arn.) D.I.Ford

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#282,333 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →