Euptelea polyandra, 73.0253--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Sep 03. 058.jpg
Endemic to Japan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Japan, Honshu, Kyoto (Sakyo, Kyoto, KuramaKibunecho)
35.128917, 135.765361
Location Remarks
North of Kyoto on Eizan Electric Railway, Kurama Line. North of Kibuneguchi Station. Kibune Forest. 395 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 5m. In sun, gravel bar in Kinume River.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Eupteleaceae
Genus
Euptelea
Specific Epithet
polyandra
Authorship
Siebold & Zucc.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 30.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.8
Global rank
#16,931 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
6%
