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Taxon

Gunnera magellanica Lam.

Protologue Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3(1): 61. 1789 [19 Oct 1789]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 231a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 231a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.   234a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 234a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 001a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 001a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 003a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 003a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 233a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 233a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 002a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 002a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.  232a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 232a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.  235a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 235a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 230a.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 230a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 230.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 230.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.   234.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 234.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.  232.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 232.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 003.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05.  235.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 235.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 002.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 004.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 19 Feb 05. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 233.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 233.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 231.jpg

Gunnera magellanica, Croat95037--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo el Angel. 19 Feb 05. 231.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Peru; introduced into Sweden (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

Croat, T 95037

February 19, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)

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

Creeping terrestrial herb in slow moving runoff by roadside.

Croat, T 95037

February 19, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)

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

Creeping terrestrial herb in slow moving runoff by roadside.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gunnerales

Family

Gunneraceae

Genus

Gunnera

Specific Epithet

magellanica

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

#249,499 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →