Mutisia discoidea
| Mutisia discoidea | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Mutisia |
| Species: | M. discoidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Mutisia discoidea Harling | |
Mutisia discoidea is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- Gunnar Wilhelm Harling and Bengt Lennart Andersson 1991. Flora of Ecuador, no. 42: Compositae–Mutisieae. Published by Department of Systematic Botany, University of Goteborg and the Section for Botany, Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 87-88702-68-5
- Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2003. Mutisia discoidea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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