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orientale

Taxon

Polygonatum orientale Desf.

Protologue Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. ix. (1807) 50. t. 7.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 092.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 096.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 097.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 090.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 089.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 093.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. Bakuriani Botanical Garden. Forest. 7 Jun 05. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 375.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 375.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 377.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 377.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 374.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 374.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 378.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 378.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 373.jpg

Polygonatum orientale--Georgia. 2 km S of Bakuriani, rd to Khrats'koros. 6 Jun 05. 373.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Iran, Krym, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye (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

June 7, 2005

Location

Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi (Bakuriani, Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden)

41.760833, 43.521389

Location Remarks

Town of Bakuriani.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 6, 2005

Location

Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)

42.6625, 44.619722

Location Remarks

Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Polygonatum

Specific Epithet

orientale

Authorship

Desf.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#275,723 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →