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Taxon

Prosopanche americana (R.Br.) Baill.

Protologue Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 9[1]: 27, adnot. 1886 [Jul-Aug 1886]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
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Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Peru (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

Fortunato R.H., et al. 13211

February 9, 2018

Location

Argentina, San Juan, Valle Fertil (Astica)

-30.934167, -67.308333

Location Remarks

RP 510, 34 kms de Villa San Agustín, a 1 km al W por camino en direcc. al Parque Nat. Dpto. Valle Fértil. 707 m elev.

Collectors

Renée H. Fortunato, W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Along the roadside. Parasitic on Prosopis.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Hydnoraceae

Genus

Prosopanche

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

(R.Br.) Baill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

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

0.3

Global rank

#149,173 of 335,497

Top 45%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →