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Taxon

Hedera helix L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 202. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02.   069.jpg

Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02.  070.jpg

Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02.   071.jpg

Hedera helix--Italy. Tuscany. Ancient ivy at the restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia. 14 May 02. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Hedera

Species

helix

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to 37 botanical countries across Europe and Temperate Asia; introduced into 53 botanical countries across Africa, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 14, 2002

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

#277,089 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →