Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (157).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (153).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (152).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (161).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (154).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (162).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (159).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (158).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (160).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (155).JPG
Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (164).JPG
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.
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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Decaisnina
Specific Epithet
forsteriana
Authorship
(Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow
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%
