Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Lecythidaceae
Genus
Barringtonia
Specific Epithet
neocaledonica
Authorship
Vieill.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#91,500 of 335,497
Top 28%
Extinction probability
18%