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Taxon

Mimosa ephedroides (Gillies ex Hook.) Benth.

Protologue J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 413. 1842BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (60).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (60).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (57).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (57).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (61).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (61).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (56).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (56).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (54).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (59).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (59).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (55).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (55).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (58).JPG

Mimosa ephedroides, Fortunato 13066--Argentina. Hwy 60 near the dam. 3 Feb 2018. DSC08111 (58).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Argentina Northwest (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

R. H. Fortunato 13066

February 3, 2018

Location

Argentina, San Juan, Ullun (Villa Mercedes)

-30.209167, -68.909444

Location Remarks

RN 150, 3 km al W de San José de Jachal en Direcc. A Rodeo. Costado del camino, en pendiente. 1399 m elev.

Collectors

Renée H. Fortunato, W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Shrub c. 0.75 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Mimosa

Specific Epithet

ephedroides

Authorship

(Gillies ex Hook.) Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.0

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

0.6

Global rank

#73,045 of 335,497

Top 22%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →