Native to Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Fiji, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam; introduced into Cambodia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 23, 2002

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 29, 2009

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Gnetopsida

Order

Gnetales

Family

Gnetaceae

Genus

Gnetum

Specific Epithet

gnemon

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.0

Global rank

#1,010 of 1,090

Top 93%

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 1 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →