Oreocnide rubescens, D. Boufford 44166--China. Yunnan. Bu Long Net. Res. on XK15. DSC03104 (83).JPG
Native to Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Menghai Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Menghai County)
21.578611, 100.333333
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; west of Bulongshan-Xiang along the Nanmei-he (Nanmei River) on county road K15. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest (appears uncut) with diverse mixture of trees, many more than 30 m tall, and tree ferns; trees with many epiphytes (mostly pteridophytes) and lianas and climbing Araceae. 1120-1130 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
At edge of forest on slope above stream and beside road. Shrub, ca. 4 m tall; leaves green on both surfaces, darker on upper surface; fruit green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Oreocnide
Specific Epithet
rubescens
Authorship
(Blume) Miq.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 11.2
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#94,027 of 335,497
Top 29%
Extinction probability
6%
