Arnicastrum guerrerense
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Arnicastrum guerrerense Villaseñor 1986 (sometimes called A. guerrense) from the family Asteraceae is a perennial herb with yellow flowers known from Mexico. It was discovered in 1983 in the mountains of Sierra Madre del Sur in the mexican state Guerrero and described in the scientific magazine Systematic Botany 3 years later. It was found in tha altitude of 3200 m above the sea level in a coniferous forest with predominant Pinus hartwegii and Abies. However it is just known from Mexico, the mexican red list of endangered plants desribe it as non endemitic [1].
[edit] Red List Status
A. guerrerense is listed on the official red list of Mexico as a plant which needs "special protection".
[edit] Literature
Villaseñor, J. L. 1986. A New Species of the Mexican Genus Arnicastrum Greenm. (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 11(2):277-279.
[edit] Reference
- ^ NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-ECOL-2001, Protección ambiental-Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres-Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio-Lista de especies en riesgo. Available from: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ueajei/norma59.html.
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