Medusanthera vitiensis Seem. belongs to the Stemonuraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Medusanthera vitiensis, M. Tuiwawa 4950--Fiji. Nadarivatu Nature Reserve. 10 Feb 2011. 026 (135).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cardiopteridales
Family
Stemonuraceae
Genus
Medusanthera
Specific Epithet
vitiensis
Authorship
Seem.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#212,290 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
12%
Location
Fiji, Viti Levu
-17.720278, 178.033611
Location Remarks
Monasavu Rd., 3.5 km past Monasavu Dam access rd., along road toward Tavua. Humid forest. 960 m elev.
Collectors
Marika Tuiwawa, F. Tuiwawa, Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Sven Buerki, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
