Native to Cook Is., Fiji, Marquesas, New Guinea, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tonga, Tubuai Is., Wallis-Futuna Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Plunkett, G 3193

November 8, 2015

Location

Fiji, Vanua Levu (Cakaudrove Province, Wailevu district)

-16.645028, 179.203722

Location Remarks

Waisali Rainforest Reserve c. 30 km north of Hibiscus Highway in Savusavu on Cross Island Road; then southwest and downhill on a abandoned former logging road, now eroding. Much disturbance but an interesting understory persists. 420-460 m elev.

Collectors

Gregory M. Plunkett, Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Alivereti Naikatini, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Epiphyte, 3-4 m above ground, growing in at edge of logging road. Flowers red with dark red-purple tips, anthers and inside surface of petals yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Loranthaceae

Genus

Decaisnina

Specific Epithet

forsteriana

Authorship

(Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#301,223 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →