Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, David Bruy, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 0.5 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Jaffrea
Specific Epithet
xerocarpa
Authorship
(Baill.) H.C.Hopkins & Pillon
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#179,231 of 335,497
Top 54%
Extinction probability
5%