Rhaphithamnus spinosus, 91.1286--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 107.jpg
Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
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
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio (Tucapel, Polcura)
-37.313333, -71.589444
Location Remarks
Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Tree 4 m tall, fruits blue, spongy, slightly sweet, turning purple when bruised.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Rhaphithamnus
Specific Epithet
spinosus
Authorship
(Juss.) Moldenke
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#212,223 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
5%
