Lowry, P. P 7281

Crepinella longistyla (Frodin) G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & D.A.Neill

February 17, 2011

New Caledonia

This occurrence of Crepinella longistyla (Frodin) G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & D.A.Neill (Lowry, P. P 7281) was collected on February 17, 2011 in New Caledonia. Flora of the World includes 20 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Plerandra longistyla, P. Lowry 7281--New Caledonia. Mine St. Louis Boulinda. 18 Feb 2011. 134 (3).jpg

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Record Number

Lowry, P. P 7281

Collection Date

February 17, 2011 · New Caledonia

Collectors

Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart

Remarks

Monocaulous or once-branched treelets to ca. 4 m tall, bark light gray. Leaves dark green above, midvein slightly lighter, secondary venation hardly visible, blades pale green below, midvein lighter, tinged brownish purple at the base, margins not undulate, petiolule nearly absent, petiole brownish purple, base contrasting strongly with stem. Infructescence terminal, primary axis ca.10 cm long, secondary axes 8, terminal ones ascending, 2 lateral ones horizontal, dark green tinged purplish throughout, pedicels same color immature fruit bright green, palest at base, progressively dark distally, tinged somewhat purplish below calyx rim, disc yellow green, style slight lighter, stylar branches spreading to nearly reflexed, more mature fruits turning purple. Second collection since McKee's first.

Correction note

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Crepinella

Specific Epithet

longistyla

Authorship

(Frodin) G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & D.A.Neill

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#115,729 of 335,497

Top 35%

Extinction probability

24%