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Scalesia affinis (Radiate-headed scalesia)

Synonyms: Scalesia decurrens f. decurrens; Scalesia decurrens f. denudata; Zemisne menziesii

Wikipedia Abstract

Scalesia affinis Hook. is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It is one of the most widely distributed Scalesia species and occurs on four major islands: Fernandina Island, Isabela Island (main distribution area), Santa Cruz Island and Floreana Island. Populations from Santa Cruz and Floreana display some morphological and genetic divergence from populations of Fernandina Island and Isabela Island.
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Infraspecies

Scalesia affinis affinis
Scalesia affinis brachyloba
Scalesia affinis gummifera

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  

Predators

Melanaspis odontoglossi[1]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[1]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Lepidanthrax tinctus[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0