Desfontainea spinosa. 83.0792--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 102.jpg
Desfontainea spinosa. 83.0792--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 104.jpg
Desfontainea spinosa. 83.0792--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 103.jpg
Endemic to Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Bruniales
Family
Columelliaceae
Genus
Desfontainia
Specific Epithet
spinosa
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.5
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#70,062 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
6%
