Gymnostachys anceps, B. Gray 9097--Australia. Queensland. Boulders Flora and Fauna Reserve. 27 Sep 2011. (329).JPG
Native to New South Wales, Queensland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Australia, Queensland (Babinda)
-17.344207, 145.872592
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 118 specimen photograph(s) taken 2011-09-27 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Tamborine Mountain" (cfbb1491-c56c-3135-9253-7ae1ac881637), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial. Acaulescent; leaves in a tight group arising from a short rhizome, Leaves to ca. 1.5 m tall; inflorescence scapose.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Gymnostachys
Specific Epithet
anceps
Authorship
R.Br.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 107.2
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
11.6
Global rank
#439 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
11%
