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tetraphylla

Taxon

Paris tetraphylla A.Gray

Protologue Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 6(2): 412. 1858 [1857-58 publ. 1858]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (122).JPG

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (122).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (123).JPG

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (123).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (121).JPG

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (121).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (120).JPG

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (120).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (124).JPG

Paris tetraphylla--Japan. Niigata. Miyoko-Togakushi N. P. Tsubame. 25 May 2016. DSC04209 (124).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Japan, Korea (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Not collected

May 25, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)

36.848667, 138.137194

Location Remarks

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Deciduous forest along the stream and the slopes above.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Paris

Specific Epithet

tetraphylla

Authorship

A.Gray

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.3

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#110,697 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →