Decaisnina forsteriana (Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow belongs to the Loranthaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (157).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Decaisnina
Specific Epithet
forsteriana
Authorship
(Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#301,223 of 335,497
Top 90%
Extinction probability
10%
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
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Gregory M. Plunkett, 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.
