Lepidocupania concolor (Gillespie) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry belongs to the Sapindaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Lepidocupaniopsis concolor, Munzinger, J 7390--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (284).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Lepidocupania
Specific Epithet
concolor
Authorship
(Gillespie) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#100,477 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
17%
Location
Fiji, Vanua Levu (Cakaudrove Province, Wailevu district)
-16.645028, 179.203722
Location Remarks
Waisali Rainforest Reserve c. 30 km north of Hibiscus Highway in Savusavu on Cross Island Road; then southwest and downhill on a abandoned former logging road, now eroding. Much disturbance but an interesting understory persists. 420-460 m elev.
Collectors
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Gregory M. Plunkett, Alivereti Naikatini, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree in dense forest and at edge of logging road. Formerly Cupaniopsis concolor (Gillespie) R. W. Ham
Location
Fiji, Viti Levu
-17.720278, 178.033611
Location Remarks
Monasavu Rd., 3.5 km past Monasavu Dam access rd., along road toward Tavua. Humid forest. 960 m elev.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Marika Tuiwawa, F. Tuiwawa, Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbuste 6m; slash saumon; f. concolores, glabres; fr. paraissant indéhiscent, vert, glabre, loge pubescente a poils blanc.
