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spinosa

Taxon

Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc.

Protologue Flora 15(2, Beibl.): 74. 1832 [Nov ? 1832] ; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 359-360. late Dec ? 1832.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE Watch • Least Concern
Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 003.jpg

Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 001.jpg

Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 002.jpg

Koeberlinia spinosa, CDavidson6687--AZ. Cochise Co. Guadelupe Can. 4 Sep 77. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas (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

Davidson C. 6687

September 4, 1977

Location

United States, Arizona, Cochise (Elfrida)

31.741917, -109.463222

Location Remarks

Coronado National Forest. North Rucker Canyon Road c. 6 km west of junction FSR 74-FSR74E. Oak-juniper woodland. 1539 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Koeberliniaceae

Genus

Koeberlinia

Specific Epithet

spinosa

Authorship

Zucc.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 33.1

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Watch

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.9

Global rank

#16,085 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →