Crepinella longistyla (Frodin) G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & D.A.Neill belongs to the Araliaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Plerandra longistyla, P. Lowry 7281--New Caledonia. Mine St. Louis Boulinda. 18 Feb 2011. 134 (3).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Crepinella
Specific Epithet
longistyla
Authorship
(Frodin) G.M.Plunkett, Lowry & D.A.Neill
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#115,729 of 335,497
Top 35%
Extinction probability
24%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
New Caledonia
-21.440000, 165.352194
Location Remarks
South flank of Me Maoya. Reserve de la Nodela, nord de Bourail. 597 m elev.
Collectors
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart
Notes
Monocaulous or once-branched treelets to ca. 4 m tall, bark light gray. Leaves dark green above, midvein slightly lighter, secondary venation hardly visible, blades pale green below, midvein lighter, tinged brownish purple at the base, margins not undulate, petiolule nearly absent, petiole brownish purple, base contrasting strongly with stem. Infructescence terminal, primary axis ca.10 cm long, secondary axes 8, terminal ones ascending, 2 lateral ones horizontal, dark green tinged purplish throughout, pedicels same color immature fruit bright green, palest at base, progressively dark distally, tinged somewhat purplish below calyx rim, disc yellow green, style slight lighter, stylar branches spreading to nearly reflexed, more mature fruits turning purple. Second collection since McKee's first.
