Meehania urticifolia--Japan. Myoko-Togakushi N. P. Sasagamine to Shinkawa R. 26 May 2016. DSC04395 (8).JPG
Native to Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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 a small strea and up the steep canyon slope.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Meehania
Specific Epithet
urticifolia
Authorship
(Miq.) Makino
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
#288,753 of 335,497
Top 87%
Extinction probability
12%
