Rosa transmorrisonensis, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1325--Taiwan. Dayaling jct on Highway 7. 21 May 2016. DSC03612 (58).JPG
Native to Philippines, Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Taiwan, Hualien County (Xiulin, Fushi)
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.
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%
