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gigantea

Taxon

Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov

Protologue Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 490. 1932IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 016.jpg

Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 016.jpg

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Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 015.jpg

Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 017.jpg

Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 014.jpg

Cephalaria gigantea--PA. Longwood Garden. 25 Jun 03. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye; introduced into Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, New York, Ontario, Québec, West Siberia, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 25, 2003

Location

United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)

Location Remarks

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Dipsacales

Family

Caprifoliaceae

Genus

Cephalaria

Specific Epithet

gigantea

Authorship

(Ledeb.) Bobrov

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.8

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

#142,494 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →