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crystallinum

Taxon

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 480. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 002.jpg

Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 001.jpg

Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 002bjpg.jpg

Mesenbryanthemum crystallinum. MX. Baja California. Isla San Martin. 24 Feb 77. 002bjpg.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Corse, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara; introduced into Argentina South, Arizona, Azores, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Congo, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Kriti, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Portugal, South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Western Australia (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

Location

Mexico, Baja California (Comondú)

25.292222, -112.131389

Location Remarks

Cedros Isl

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Aizoaceae

Genus

Mesembryanthemum

Specific Epithet

crystallinum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

#299,407 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →