Calea harlingii

Calea harlingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Calea
Species: C. harlingii
Binomial name
Calea harlingii

Calea harlingii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known only from one population discovered in Loja Province in 1980. It is a shrub or subshrub that grows in low-elevation forests in the Andes. It is threatened by habitat destruction.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Montúfar, R. and N. Pitman. 2003. Calea harlingii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 23 September 2013.


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