Mutisia discoidea

Mutisia discoidea
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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2003: e.T43790A10823764. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43790A10823764.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.


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