Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.

Collectors

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Katya Romoleroux, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal

Notes

Hierba en arenal, denso tomento gris plateado, flores amarillas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Aetheolaena

Specific Epithet

patens

Authorship

(Kunth) B.Nord.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#323,926 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Lasiocephalus patens (Kunth) Cuatrec.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy