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Taxon

Chionanthus retusus Lindl. & Paxton

Protologue Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: [85]. 1852 [Aug 1852]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 090.jpg

Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 090.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 088.jpg

Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 089.jpg

Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 087.jpg

Chionanthus retusus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

October 11, 2003

Location

United States, North Carolina

Location Remarks

Duke Univ OTS Office

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

October 11, 2003

Location

United States, North Carolina, Durham (Sarah P. Duke Gardens)

Location Remarks

127 Anderson St. (Campus Dr.)(WestCampus of Duke Univ.), Durham. (There is a good map on the website)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Chionanthus

Specific Epithet

retusus

Authorship

Lindl. & Paxton

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#24,373 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →