Native to Algeria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Western Sahara (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 21, 2005

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Almeria

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

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Pteranthus

Specific Epithet

dichotomus

Authorship

Forssk.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#36,145 of 335,497

Top 11%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →