Senega quitensis (Turcz.) J.F.B.Pastore (2023:208)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Polygala quitensis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 350 (1854 publ. 1855); Polygala berlandieri var. bogotensis Chodat in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 176 (1893)
Conservation Status
Missing (Freire-Fierro & Pitman, 2004)
Last record: before 1854 (Freire-Fierro & Pitman, 2004)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Freire-Fierro, A. and Pitman, N. (2004). Polygala quitensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T45987A11024505. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45987A11024505.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.
Jørgensen, P. M. and León-Yánez, S. (eds.). (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Pastore, J. F. B., Martinez, A., Abbott, J. R. and Neubig, K. (2023). Toward New Generic Delimitations in Polygalaceae II: Senega. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 108(1): 126-249. https://doi.org/10.3417/2023754
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