Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (355).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (354).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (359).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (360).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (361).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (357).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (358).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (362).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (353).JPG
Lagotis praecox, D. Boufford 44031--China. Sichuan. Litang Xian. 15 Aug 2017. DSC06139 (356).JPG
Endemic to China South-Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Litang County)
30.181111, 99.978056
Location Remarks
Ca. 40 km west of Litang on road (Highway G318) from Litang to Batang. Mountains with coarse sand slopes on north side of highway, heavily grazed meadows, thickets of dwarf Rhododendron (mostly <1 m tall, but some plants to 1.5 m), Caragana, Salix and Lonicera thickets and coarse, granitic sand scree slopes. 4100-4400 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
On coarse granite-derived sand slope. Fruit green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Lagotis
Specific Epithet
praecox
Authorship
W.W.Sm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#135,441 of 335,497
Top 41%
Extinction probability
24%
