Mutisia discoidea

Mutisia discoidea
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
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. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

External links

• Entry in Tropicos