Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North (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

Fortunato R.H., et al. 13217

February 10, 2018

Location

Argentina, San Juan, Sarmiento (Pedernal)

-31.992778, -68.750278

Location Remarks

RN 153, Las Vertientes, a SW de Pedernal. 1072 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Arbusto 2 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Zygophyllales

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Genus

Larrea

Specific Epithet

nitida

Authorship

Cav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.7

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

0.4

Global rank

#127,936 of 335,497

Top 39%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →