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angiospermum

Taxon

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Protologue Prodr. Stirp. Gott. 217. 1770BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE Research • Predicted not threatened
Heliotropium angiospermum--FL. Everglades Nat'l Park, Snake Bight trail. 14 Jan 03. 001.jpg

Heliotropium angiospermum--FL. Everglades Nat'l Park, Snake Bight trail. 14 Jan 03. 001.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Native to 37 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Cuba, Marquesas (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

No collection number

January 14, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Collier County (Jerome)

25.998333, -81.406111

Location Remarks

Everglades National Park, Snake Bight trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Heliotropiaceae

Genus

Heliotropium

Specific Epithet

angiospermum

Authorship

Murray

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 16.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#21,531 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →