Rosa transmorrisonensis Hayata belongs to the Rosaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa
Specific Epithet
transmorrisonensis
Authorship
Hayata
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 40.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
3.5
Global rank
#5,893 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Taiwan
24.180583, 121.310361
Location Remarks
Along Route 8 (Zhongbu Cross-Island Highway) close to junction with Route 14 and the south end of a tunnel. 2582 m elev.
Collectors
Tseng Yu-Hsin, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Scandent branches descending from a steep roadside bank.