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Taxon

Trillium tschonoskii Maxim.

Protologue Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xxix. (1884) 218.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (31).JPG

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (31).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (28).JPG

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (28).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (27).JPG

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (27).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (30).JPG

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (30).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (29).JPG

Trillium tschonoskii, Boufford, D 43681--China. Sichuan. LuJing Valley. XiHe Stream. 13 May 2014. DSC06236 (29).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (4).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (2).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (7).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (3).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (11).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (6).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (9).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (5).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (10).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (8).JPG

Trillium--China. Sichuan. Emei Shan. 16 May 2014. DSC06936 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Myanmar, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Not collected here.

May 16, 2014

Location

China, Sichuan, Leshan (Emeishan, Emeishan City)

29.530833, 103.329167

Location Remarks

EmeiShan. from JieYin Dian Temple to TaiZiPing. 2790 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Boufford, D 43681

May 13, 2014

Location

China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing, Baoxing County)

30.808889, 102.724444

Location Remarks

Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao

Notes

Moist, dark soil on boulder strewn slope in forest. Sepals green; ovary white. Only a single individual with two stems seen.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Trillium

Specific Epithet

tschonoskii

Authorship

Maxim.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.4

Global rank

#26,892 of 335,497

Top 9%

Extinction probability

49%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →