D. Boufford 44173

Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

May 7, 2018

China

This occurrence of Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (D. Boufford 44173) was collected on May 7, 2018 in China. Flora of the World includes 19 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Melodinus henryi, D. Boufford 44173--China. Yunnan. Meng Lun to Meng Tang on G213. 7 May 2018. DSC03328 (358).JPG

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Record Number

D. Boufford 44173

Collection Date

May 7, 2018 · China

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou

Remarks

Steep bank above road; climbing in shrubs and trees. Vine, ca. 7 m long; branches pendulous; broken stems and leaves with copious milk-like sap; calyx green; corolla white; flowers sweetly fragrant. Melodinus henryi in synonymy under M. cochinchinensis in Flora of China 16: 149. 1995, but seemingly different.

Correction note

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Melodinus

Specific Epithet

cochinchinensis

Authorship

(Lour.) Merr.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#200,440 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →