Paracryphia alticola (Schltr.) Steenis belongs to the Paracryphiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Paracryphiales
Family
Paracryphiaceae
Genus
Paracryphia
Specific Epithet
alticola
Authorship
(Schltr.) Steenis
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 32.6
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.9
Global rank
#16,053 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
New Caledonia, North
-21.32175, 165.0745
Location Remarks
Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph