Hachettea austrocaledonica Baill. belongs to the Mystropetalaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Mystropetalaceae
Genus
Hachettea
Specific Epithet
austrocaledonica
Authorship
Baill.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 29.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.3
Global rank
#28,129 of 335,497
Top 9%
Extinction probability
6%
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
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Bruce Gray, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart, David Bruy
Notes
Plants orange-yellow. In shade of forest on moderate, rocky slope above the road. Staminate and pistillate plants in this population.