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cannabina

Taxon

Datisca cannabina L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1037. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Datisca cannabina, Thorne12507--Denmark. Copenhagen Bot. Garden. 12 Sep 76. 003.jpg

Datisca cannabina, Thorne12507--Denmark. Copenhagen Bot. Garden. 12 Sep 76. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74.  001B.jpg

Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74. 001B.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74. 002.jpg

Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74.  001.jpg

Datisca cannabina--CA. Los Angeles St. and Co. Arboretum. Jun 74. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya; introduced into Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 1, 1974

Location

United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia

Collectors

No collectors specified

Thorne R.F. 12507

September 12, 1976

Location

Denmark (Copenhagen Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Oster Farimagsgad 2B, Copenhagen.

Collectors

R. F. Thorne

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Datiscaceae

Genus

Datisca

Specific Epithet

cannabina

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 15.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#22,760 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →