Psammosilene tunicoides, D. Boufford 44005--China. Sichuan. Xiangcheng Xian. 13 Aug 2017. DSC05341 (147).JPG
Native to China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Xiangcheng Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Xiangcheng County)
29.141111, 99.928333
Location Remarks
Between Xiangcheng and Sandui near the village of Riyin, S of Wuming Shan. West facing slopes and seepages in mixed coniferous forest (Picea, Abies, Pinus). 3550-4000 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
On dry to moist slope in coniferous forest.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Psammosilene
Specific Epithet
tunicoides
Authorship
W.C.Wu & C.Y.Wu
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 31.3
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.9
Global rank
#8,221 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
10%
