Centaurea aucheri (DC.) Wagenitz belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

A. G. Miller S.AR 24/5-8

May 24, 2013

Location

Iraq, Kurdistan, Sulaimani Governorate

35.778472, 45.243639

Location Remarks

Shakh-i Pira Magrun, NW-SE trending anticline exposing mosly dolomitic limestone. Randu Gaura. Upslope from Merga Pan, then 1.3-1.8 km SW into a narrow canyon with persisting snowbank. 1356-1445 m elev.

Collectors

Anthony G. Miller, S. Salih, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Diffuse woodland of coppiced Quercus and grassland/pasture land.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Centaurea

Specific Epithet

aucheri

Authorship

(DC.) Wagenitz

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.1

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

0.0

Global rank

#329,656 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →