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ledifolium

Taxon

Brachyotum ledifolium (Desr.) Triana

Protologue Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 48. [8 Dec 1871-13 Jan 1872]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 108.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 108.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 112.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 112.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 113.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 113.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 114.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 114.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 107.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium. 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 107.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 047.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 043.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 042.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 045.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 044.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 050.jpg

Brachyotum, Croat94669--Ecuador. Prov. Carchi. Paramo El Angel. 16 Feb 05. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 135.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 135.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 132.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 132.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 133.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 133.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 136.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 136.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 134.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 134.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 138.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 138.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden.  30 Jun 06. 137.jpg

Brachyotum ledifolium, 87.1345--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 30 Jun 06. 137.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Croat, T 94669

February 16, 2005

Location

Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)

0.802222, -77.929167

Location Remarks

Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Shrub 1.5 m tall; flowers with calyx orange-red; corolla yellow to green to pale yellow.

87.1345

February 10, 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

87.1345

June 30, 2006

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Melastomataceae

Genus

Brachyotum

Specific Epithet

ledifolium

Authorship

(Desr.) Triana

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

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

#332,079 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →