Native to Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Malaysia, Sarawak (Kuching)
1.722528, 110.448639
Location Remarks
Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail, 106 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herbaceous subshrub.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, West Coast (Ranau)
6.082472, 116.734806
Location Remarks
Kinabalu National Park. Trail to the summit, close to Panar Laban.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herbaceous subshrub.
Location
Vietnam, Ninh Binh, Nho Quan (Cúc Phương)
20.279278, 105.679
Location Remarks
Cuc Phuong National Park. Ca. 5 km on Dang village road, toward helipad.
Collectors
Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Nguyen Sinh Khang, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Zippelia
Specific Epithet
begoniifolia
Authorship
Blume
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 38.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
3.8
Global rank
#5,246 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
10%