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Taxon

Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb.

Protologue Acta Univ. Lund. n.s., 19(1): 65. 1923BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 083.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 083.jpg

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 085.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 085.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 425.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 425.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 087.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 086.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 427.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 427.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 084.jpg

Launaea arborescens--Spain. Almeria Prv. Cabo de Gata. Playa de Playazo. 16 Apr 04. 084.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain; introduced into Namibia (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

April 16, 2004

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Almeria (Almería)

36.868611, -2.387222

Location Remarks

Valle de Rodalquilar, Cabo de Gata Parque. Near Playa de Playazo. Sendero a Las Negras.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Launaea

Specific Epithet

arborescens

Authorship

(Batt.) Murb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

0.1

Global rank

#238,758 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →