Espeletia murilloi Cuatrec.
First published in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3: 425 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Santander). It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.
Descriptions
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Endémica y nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2700 - 3700 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, arbusto
- Conservation
- Preocupación menor
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/134497076/134650440
- Conservation
- LC - least concern
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: 2700–3700 m a.s.l. Endemic to Colombia. Colombian departments: Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Santander.
- Habit
- Herb, Shrub.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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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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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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