Native to Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South (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

Stevens, W. D 34203

February 22, 2013

Location

Chile, Maule, Talca (San Clemente, Curillinque)

-35.938333, -70.610556

Location Remarks

Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel

Notes

Low shrub; petals white, fruits red.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Escalloniales

Family

Escalloniaceae

Genus

Escallonia

Specific Epithet

virgata

Authorship

(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.9

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

#129,222 of 335,497

Top 39%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →