Native to Japan, Korea, Kuril Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Honshu, Nagano (Kiso)
35.652556, 137.602389
Location Remarks
C. 3 km from Highway 19 on local road Yomikaki, into Kakizore Ravine. 666 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Deciduous forest on a steep roadbank. Crevices in rock face.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Nartheciaceae
Genus
Metanarthecium
Specific Epithet
luteoviride
Authorship
Maxim.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 48.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
6.0
Global rank
#2,371 of 335,497
Top 0.8%
Extinction probability
12%