Aesculus turbinata Blume belongs to the Sapindaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Not collected

May 29, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Niigata

36.848667, 138.137194

Location Remarks

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Deciduous forest along Seki-kawa (river). Zig-zag trail down to the waterfall.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Sapindaceae

Genus

Aesculus

Specific Epithet

turbinata

Authorship

Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#151,166 of 335,497

Top 46%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →