Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer belongs to the Ericaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Specific Epithet
fontanesiana
Authorship
(Steud.) Sleumer
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#295,067 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
United States, North Carolina, Transylvania
32.383889, -82.699722
Location Remarks
Pisgah National Forest; Yellow Gap Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1206). 930 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph