Native to 42 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Hainan, Hawaii, India, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (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. 13152

February 8, 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

Prostrate branches spreading from a central taproot.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Herissantia

Specific Epithet

crispa

Authorship

(L.) Brizicky

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#248,547 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →