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gurkenii

Taxon

Orthophytum gurkenii Hutchison

Protologue Phytologia 52: 373. 1983BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Orthophytum gurkenii, Bromeliaceae, Eastern Brazil, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 032 (1).jpg

Orthophytum gurkenii, Bromeliaceae, Eastern Brazil, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 032 (1).jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Orthophytum gurkenii, Bromeliaceae, Eastern Brazil, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 032 (3).jpg

Orthophytum gurkenii, Bromeliaceae, Eastern Brazil, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 032 (3).jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Brazil Southeast (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 30, 2005

Location

United States, Illinois (Garfield Park Conservatory)

Location Remarks

300 N. Central Park, between 5th Ave. & Carroll Ave., Chicago

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Orthophytum

Specific Epithet

gurkenii

Authorship

Hutchison

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#235,101 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →