Aeschynanthus acuminatus Wall. ex A.DC. belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Tseng Yu-Hsin 1340

May 22, 2016

Location

Taiwan, Nantou County, Lugu Township

23.669361, 120.803833

Location Remarks

Xitou Nature Education Area (termination of Road 151). Giant Tree Logging Trail/Bird Watching Trail. 1381 m elev.

Collectors

Tseng Yu-Hsin, Kuo Wen-Hsi, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Liana twining up a tree.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

Genus

Aeschynanthus

Specific Epithet

acuminatus

Authorship

Wall. ex A.DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

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

0.0

Global rank

#320,766 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →