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peregrina

Taxon

Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult.

Protologue Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 127. 1894BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 003.jpg

Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 004.jpg

Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 001.jpg

Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 005.jpg

Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 002.jpg

Comptonia peregrina--CT. Redding. Highstead Arboretum. 27 Jun 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2003

Location

United States, Connecticut (Highstead Arboretum)

Location Remarks

Redding Highstead Arboretum

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Myricaceae

Genus

Comptonia

Specific Epithet

peregrina

Authorship

(L.) J.M.Coult.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.7

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

0.7

Global rank

#63,999 of 335,497

Top 20%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →