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Taxon

Gaussia maya (O.F.Cook) H.J.Quero & Read

Protologue Syst. Bot. 11: 152. 1986IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Vulnerable
Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 085.jpg

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 085.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 088.jpg

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 084.jpg

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 084.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 087.jpg

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 086.jpg

Gaussia maya--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast (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

Garden no. 6138D

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Gaussia

Specific Epithet

maya

Authorship

(O.F.Cook) H.J.Quero & Read

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#55,649 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

24%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →