Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Regalado, J 1831

May 6, 2011

Location

Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sa Pa (Ngũ Chỉ Sơn, Ban Khoang)

22.382222, 103.787778

Location Remarks

Ban Khoang Commune. Along road toward the commune 8 km from Sa Pa village. 1696 m elev.

Collectors

Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Nguyen Sinh Khang, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Tending to be a vine. Allegedly endangered; certainly endangered at this site.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Polygonatum

Specific Epithet

kingianum

Authorship

Collett & Hemsl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

0.1

Global rank

#247,103 of 335,497

Top 74%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →