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Taxon

Lophophora diffusa (Croizat) Bravo

Protologue Cact. Suc. Mex. 12: 13. 1967IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Vulnerable
Lophophora diffusa--Stellenbosch Bot. Garden. 15 Jan 2014. DSC00015 (80).JPG

Lophophora diffusa--Stellenbosch Bot. Garden. 15 Jan 2014. DSC00015 (80).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Mexico Northeast (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

Davidson C. s.n.

January 15, 2014

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bot. Garden)

-33.93583, 18.86575

Location Remarks

Van Riebeeck St., Stellenbosch 7600

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Lophophora

Specific Epithet

diffusa

Authorship

(Croizat) Bravo

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.

Borderline

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#50,477 of 335,497

Top 16%

Extinction probability

24%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →