''Scalesia villosa'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
. It is found only in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
. It is threatened by
habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
.
References
villosa
''Villosa'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Unionidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Villosa'':
* '' Villosa amygdala''
* ''Villosa arkansasensis'' - Ouachita creekshell
* ''Villosa choctawensis ...
Flora of Ecuador
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
{{Heliantheae-stub