Senecio formosus Kunth belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Senecio, Ulloa, C 2405--Ecuador. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 5 Oct 22012. DSC06999 (83).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Senecio
Specific Epithet
formosus
Authorship
Kunth
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#320,166 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal
Notes
Hierba 0.6-0.75 m, flores lila moradas.
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
40 cm tall; calyx dark purple-violet; ray flowers pale violet-purple; disk flowers pale yellow-green.
