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Native to Bolivia, Chile North, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Cusco (Machu Picchu)
-13.168611, -72.543611
Location Remarks
Sanctuario Machu Picchu. Trail to Intipunku (Inca Trail).
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Polemoniaceae
Genus
Cantua
Specific Epithet
buxifolia
Authorship
Juss. ex Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#323,658 of 335,497
Top 97%
Extinction probability
5%
