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Taxon

Osyris alba L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1022. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 126.jpg

Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 126.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 127.jpg

Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 127.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 125.jpg

Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 125.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 131.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 130.jpg

Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 130.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 128.jpg

Osyris alba--Italy. Abruzzo. Ris. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 128.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Western Sahara (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

No collection number

May 5, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Santalaceae

Genus

Osyris

Specific Epithet

alba

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 20.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#21,263 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →