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Taxon

Rugoloa polygonata (Schrad.) Zuloaga

Protologue Pl. Syst. Evol. 300(10): 2164. 2014 [29 Mar 2014] [epublished]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04.  073.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 073.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 071.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 072.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 072.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04.  074.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 076.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 075.jpg

Panicum polygonatum, AAraujoM1170--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, Rudidi Cr. 28 Nov 04. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Central American Pacific Is., Galápagos, Leeward Is. (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

Araujo Murakami, A 1170

November 28, 2004

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda

Notes

Hierba 0.4 m; espiga laxa.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Rugoloa

Specific Epithet

polygonata

Authorship

(Schrad.) Zuloaga

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

#195,880 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →