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Taxon

Dahlia excelsa Benth.

Protologue in Maund, Botanist 2: t. 88.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 054.jpg

Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 054.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 053.jpg

Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 053.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 055.jpg

Dahlia excelsis, 92.1548--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 4 Jul 03. 055.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (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

92.1548

July 4, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Dahlia

Specific Epithet

excelsa

Authorship

Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

0.0

Global rank

#322,814 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →