Espeletia hartwegiana Sch.Bip. ex Cuatrec.
First published in Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 26: 17 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.
Descriptions
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- frailejón
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2370–4500 m a.s.l. Endemic to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Huila, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Shrub, Small tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0