Occurrence
EDGE Watch • Least Concern

No record number

March 19, 2008

Australia

This occurrence of Quillaja saponaria Molina was collected on March 19, 2008 in Australia. Flora of the World includes 8 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Quillaja saponaria--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 419.jpg

Quillaja saponaria--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 419.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Quillajaceae

Genus

Quillaja

Specific Epithet

saponaria

Authorship

Molina

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 54.5

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

EDGE Watch

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

3.1

Global rank

#7,248 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →