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myriostigma

Taxon

Astrophytum myriostigma Lem.

Protologue Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 4 (-6). 1839 [Feb 1839]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Astrophytum myriostigma--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03.  002.jpg

Astrophytum myriostigma--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Astrophytum myriostigma--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

Astrophytum myriostigma--Italy. Tuscany. Univ. Firenze, Giard. dei Simplici, Florence. 22 May 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Mexico Northeast (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

May 22, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Giardino dei Semplici)

Location Remarks

Via Pier Antonio Micheli, 3, Firenze (Florence). On the campus of the University of Florence.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Astrophytum

Specific Epithet

myriostigma

Authorship

Lem.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#214,721 of 335,497

Top 65%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →