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formosanum

Taxon

Rhododendron formosanum Hemsl.

Protologue Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895(104): 183. [Aug 1895]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 047.jpg

Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 045.jpg

Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 046.jpg

Rhododendron formosum. 70.0514--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

70.0514

February 10, 2003

Location

United States, California

Location Remarks

UC Berkeley Bot Gard

Collectors

No collectors specified

70.0514

February 10, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Specific Epithet

formosanum

Authorship

Hemsl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#288,644 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

22%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →