Amborella trichopoda Baill. belongs to the Amborellaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Amborella trichopoda, J. Munzinger 6560--New Caledonia. Tchamba. Grotie Kou. 16 Feb 2011. 176 (6).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Amborellales
Family
Amborellaceae
Genus
Amborella
Specific Epithet
trichopoda
Authorship
Baill.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 139.4
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
8.0
Global rank
#1,140 of 335,497
Top 0.4%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
New Caledonia
-21.440000, 165.352194
Location Remarks
South flank of Me Maoya. Reserve de la Nodela, nord de Bourail. 597 m elev.
Collectors
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
New Caledonia, North
-21.321750, 165.074500
Location Remarks
Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
United States, California (UC Santa Cruz Arboretum)
Location Remarks
1156 High St., Santa Cruz
Collectors
No collectors specified
