Native to Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara; extinct in Sicilia (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

No collection number

April 16, 2004

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Almeria (Almería)

36.868611, -2.387222

Location Remarks

Valle de Rodalquilar, Cabo de Gata Parque. Near Playa de Playazo. Sendero a Las Negras.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Herniaria

Specific Epithet

fontanesii

Authorship

J.Gay

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

0.1

Global rank

#255,659 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →