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Taxon

Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Protologue Hist. Pl. Dauphiné (Villars) 3: 615. 1789BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 023.jpg

Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 023.jpg

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Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 027.jpg

Stelleria media ssp grandiflora--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 94 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 148 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (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

June 7, 2005

Location

Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi (Bakuriani, Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden)

41.760833, 43.521389

Location Remarks

Town of Bakuriani.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Stellaria

Specific Epithet

media

Authorship

(L.) Vill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

#300,610 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →