Clibadium laxum

Clibadium laxum, synonym Clibadium alatum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.^[1] In Ecuador, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.^[2]

Clibadium laxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Clibadium
Species:	C. laxum
Binomial name
Clibadium laxum S.F.Blake[1]
Synonyms[1]
Clibadium alatum H.Rob. Clibadium lehmannianum O.E.Schulz Clibadium terebinthinaceum var. ecuadorense O.E.Schulz

Conservation

Clibadium alatum was assessed as "vulnerable" in the 2003 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Ecuador.^[2] As of April 2023^[update], C. alatum was regarded as a synonym of Clibadium laxum, which is also found in Colombia.^[1]