Malesherbia deserticola Phil.

Place of Publication

Fl. Atacam: 18 (1860a)

Type citation

CHILE. Antofagasta Region: Cachinal de la Sierra, desierto Atacama, January 1854, R.A. Philippi s.n. (type SGO052413!)

Synonyms

Malesherbia borchersii Phil.

References

Philippi R.A. (1860a)

Philippi, R.A. 1860a. Florula Atacamensis seu enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense. Sumptibus E. Anton
Ricardi (1967)

Ricardi , M. 1967. Revisión taxonómica de las Malesherbiaceas. Gayana. Botánica 16:3-139
Bull-Hereñu (2020)

Bull-Hereñu, K. 2020. The genus Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. (Passifloraceae) in Chile. Phytotaxa 468 (1): 1-44

Iconography

Ricardi (1967): fig. 24a-f
Bull-Hereñu (2020): fig. 8c-d

Regions

Antofagasta and Atacama

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to a few populations in dry hills of the central desert shrubland in the Antofagasta Region between 1500–2500m, with a ca 150km long north-south distribution, roughly from Quebrada Chimborazo in the north to Quebrada de la Peineta in the south (Bull-Hereñu, 2020)

Distribution

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Descriptions

Ricardi (1967)
Bull-Hereñu (2020)

Habit

Erect subshrub up to 40 cm tall