Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Ladera inclinada con piedras gruesas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Tropaeolaceae

Genus

Tropaeolum

Specific Epithet

polyphyllum

Authorship

Cav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 27.0

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.1

Global rank

#13,807 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →