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micropetala

Taxon

Cuphea micropetala Kunth

Protologue Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] vi. 209. t. 551.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cuphea micropetala--FL. Orange Co. Harry Leu Garden. 5 Jan 03. 057.jpg

Cuphea micropetala--FL. Orange Co. Harry Leu Garden. 5 Jan 03. 057.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 029.jpg

Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 033.jpg

Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 028.jpg

Cuphea micropetala--CA. Strybing Arb. 26 Oct 03. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala. 56.0007--CA. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 086.jpg

Cuphea micropetala. 56.0007--CA. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala. 56.0007--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 087.jpg

Cuphea micropetala. 56.0007--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cuphea micropetala--FL. Orange Co. Harry Leu Garden. 5 Jan 03. 054.jpg

Cuphea micropetala--FL. Orange Co. Harry Leu Garden. 5 Jan 03. 054.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest; introduced into Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Northern Provinces, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

October 26, 2003

Location

United States, California (San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Collectors

No collectors specified

56.0007

February 11, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 5, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Orange

Location Remarks

Off State Highway 46. Rock Springs Run State Preserve, on County Road 433 near Sorrento and north of Apopka.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 5, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Orange (Anopoli, Harry P. Leu Gardens)

35.201611, 24.0825

Location Remarks

1920 N Forest Ave., Orlando

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Lythraceae

Genus

Cuphea

Specific Epithet

micropetala

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.6

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

0.9

Global rank

#50,178 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →