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Taxon

Morkillia mexicana (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Rose & J.H.Painter

Protologue Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 33. 1907BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE Research • Predicted not threatened
Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 168.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 168.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 162.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 154.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 154.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 158.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 158.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 167.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 170.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 170.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 151.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 151.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 155.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 155.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 152.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 152.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 169.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 169.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 159.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 159.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 164.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 164.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 153.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 160.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 160.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 166.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 171.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 171.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 157.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 161.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 165.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 156.jpg

Morkillia mexicana, NMartinezM2393--MX. Oaxaca. Dto. Cuicatlan. Cta. a Jocotepac. 10 Sep 08. 156.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest (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

N. Martínez Melendez, et al. 2393

September 10, 2008

Location

Mexico, Oaxaca, Cuicatlan (San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán)

17.80325, -97.033639

Location Remarks

Carretera a San Pedro Jocotepac, oeste de Cuicatlan.

Collectors

Nayely Martínez Melendez, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Zygophyllales

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Genus

Morkillia

Specific Epithet

mexicana

Authorship

(Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Rose & J.H.Painter

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 14.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#21,066 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →