Pachysandra terminalis--Japan. Myoko-Togakushi N. P. Sasagamine to Shimidzuga-ike. 26 May 2016. DSC04604 (12).JPG
Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Sakhalin; introduced into Austria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Buxales
Family
Buxaceae
Genus
Pachysandra
Specific Epithet
terminalis
Authorship
Siebold & Zucc.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#71,636 of 335,497
Top 22%
Extinction probability
10%
