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oligosperma

Taxon

Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims

Protologue Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1760. 1815BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 006.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 007.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 001.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 005.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 003.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 004.jpg

Mentzelia oligosperma--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

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

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

June 14, 2004

Location

United States, Texas (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)

Location Remarks

4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin Texas

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cornales

Family

Loasaceae

Genus

Mentzelia

Specific Epithet

oligosperma

Authorship

Nutt. ex Sims

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.6

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

0.4

Global rank

#109,266 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →