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Taxon

Tephrosia cinerea (L.) Pers.

Protologue Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 328. 1807BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (2).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (8).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (5).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (1).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (3).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (4).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (6).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (7).jpg

Tephrosia cinerea, Hammel, B 24614--Costa Rica. Prov. Puntar. Punta Loros. 10 Apr 08. 001 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 40 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Alabama (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

Hammel, B 24614

April 10, 2008

Location

Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Garabito (Garabito Canton)

9.859722, -84.702778

Location Remarks

Cuenca del Jesús María. Punta Loros. Punta Loros. Sea level.

Collectors

Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Procumbente, herbaceo.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Tephrosia

Specific Epithet

cinerea

Authorship

(L.) Pers.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.5

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

0.2

Global rank

#214,227 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →