''Mutisia discoidea'' is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It is found only in
Ecuador. Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical dry
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Further reading
* 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.
External links
Entry in Tropicos
discoidea
Endemic flora of Ecuador
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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