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Taxon

Actaea asiatica H.Hara

Protologue J. Jap. Bot. 15: 313. 1939IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (275).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (275).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (272).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (272).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (274).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (274).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (267).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (267).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (270).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (270).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (276).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (276).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (277).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (277).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (268).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (268).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (271).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (271).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (273).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (273).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (269).JPG

Actaea asiatica, Boufford, D 43666--China. Sichuan. GuoBaYan, HanBaiYu Shan. 12 May 2014. DSC05373 (269).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Boufford, D 43666

May 12, 2014

Location

China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing, Baoxing County)

30.808889, 102.724444

Location Remarks

Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao

Notes

On forest floor in area heavily grazed by livestock. Scattered. Pedicels white; all flower parts white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Actaea

Specific Epithet

asiatica

Authorship

H.Hara

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

#275,569 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →