Barringtonia neocaledonica Vieill. belongs to the Lecythidaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Lowry, P 7393

November 17, 2015

Location

New Caledonia, Province Nord

-20.283917, 164.198

Location Remarks

Route RPN 9; Petit creek en bas du Col d'Arama. Col d'Arama Maquis. Phtenite substrate. 230 m elev.

Collectors

Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, David Bruy, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Moderately branched tree ca. 6 m tall along creek. Flowers white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Lecythidaceae

Genus

Barringtonia

Specific Epithet

neocaledonica

Authorship

Vieill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.0

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#91,500 of 335,497

Top 28%

Extinction probability

18%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →