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formosa

Taxon

Fouquieria formosa Kunth

Protologue Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] vi. 83. t. 527.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Fouquieria formosa, 1324 C--MX. Oaxaca. Oaxaca. Jardin Etnobotanico. 4 Aug 2007. 201.jpg

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Fouquieria formosa, 24988--CA. Huntington Bot. Gard. 14 Feb 03. 133.jpg

Fouquieria formosa, 24988--CA. Huntington Bot. Gard. 14 Feb 03. 133.jpg

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Fouquieria formosa--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 171.jpg

Fouquieria formosa--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 171.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Fouquieria formosa--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 169.jpg

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Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

February 13, 2003

Location

United States, Idaho, Idaho (Apolo, Mathias Botanical Garden)

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Los Angeles. UCLA campus, Westwood

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

February 13, 2003

Location

United States, California

Location Remarks

UC Berkeley Bot Gard

Collectors

No collectors specified

Garden no. 1324C

August 4, 2007

Location

Mexico, Oaxaca (Jardin Etnobotanico)

Location Remarks

City of Oaxaca

Collectors

No collectors specified

Garden no. 24988

February 14, 2003

Location

United States, California (Huntington Botanical Gardens)

Location Remarks

1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Fouquieriaceae

Genus

Fouquieria

Specific Epithet

formosa

Authorship

Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.2

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

#184,975 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

7%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →